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Newgrange Links

Selected external pages on Newgrange, the Neolithic passage tomb in the Boyne Valley, followed by a list of Newgrange pages on this site.

Wide view of Newgrange with the reconstructed white quartz facade, kerbstones in the grass, and visitors at the entrance under a blue sky. Newgrange, Stone Age monument in the Boyne Valley.
  • Newgrange from Mythical Ireland by Anthony Murphy. Excellent site with an emphasis on the astronomy and mythology of Newgrange. The Tuatha Dé Danann, who ruled Ireland in ancient mythology, were said to have erected Newgrange as a burial place for their chief, Dagda Mór, and his three sons.
  • Newgrange World Heritage Site: the World Heritage Convention aims to promote cooperation among nations to protect heritage around the world that is of such outstanding universal value that its conservation is important for current and future generations. The Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre is the starting point for all visits to Newgrange and Knowth. Do not go directly to the monuments as you will not gain entry. Visitors are brought via shuttle bus to the monuments.
  • Description of Newgrange by Claire O'Kelly, who worked on the excavation of Newgrange with her husband Michael J. O'Kelly.

Golden beam of winter solstice sunlight cutting through the dark stone passage inside Newgrange. Newgrange from The Sacred Island by Martin Byrne. An excellent Newgrange resource which includes images, authoritative text and diagrams. Martin is an artist and tour guide based in County Sligo, in the north-west of Ireland.

Newgrange was re-discovered in 1699 when the landowner, Charles Campbell, sent his workers to remove stones from the mound. By good fortune they began their excavation on the south-west side and uncovered an engraved stone, the lintel of the roof box. Before long they uncovered the Entrance Stone, and for the first time since the Bronze Age people entered the chamber of Newgrange.

Wide view of Newgrange over a green hedge, with the white quartz facade and visitors at the central entrance under cloudy blue sky. Newgrange front view. More images.

List of Newgrange pages on this site.

Side view of Newgrange showing kerbstones, white quartz and dark cobble wall, grassy mound, and distant standing stones. Newgrange side view. More images.
Large weathered standing stone in the grass before the reconstructed white quartz and dark cobble wall of Newgrange. Newgrange standing stone. More images.
Newgrange entrance stone K1 with carved triple spirals, double spirals and lozenge motifs across the face of the grey kerbstone. Newgrange kerbstones.

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