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	Newgrange - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Newgrange, located at 53°41′39.4″N, 6°28′36.6″W, is one of the passage tombs of the Brú na Bóinne complex in County Meath, is the most famous of all Irish prehistoric sites.
		Near Newgrange are many other passage tombs, the largest being Knowth and Dowth.
		According to Irish mythology Newgrange was one of the sidhe or fairy-mounds where the Tuatha Dé Danann lived.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Newgrange (464 words)

	101 Facts About Newgrange - General Information
		Newgrange is one of the best examples in Ireland and in Western Europe, of a type of monument known to archaeologists as a passage-grave or passage-tomb.
		Newgrange was built in a time when there was only stone, not metal, used as an everyday material for tools and weapons.
		The area around Newgrange was once part of the lands owned and farmed by the monks of Mellifont Abbey, and would have been known as a "grange".
	www.mythicalireland.com /ancientsites/newgrange-facts/index.php (396 words)

	Newgrange Ireland - Megalithic Passage Tomb - World Heritage Site
		The passage and chamber of Newgrange are illuminated by the winter solstice sunrise.
		Admission to the chamber of the tomb at Newgrange for the Winter Solstice sunrise is by lottery, application forms are available at the reception desk in the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre, in 2005 nearly 27,000 applications were submitted.
		Newgrange: empowering the salmon of wisdom by Philip Coppens.
	www.knowth.com /newgrange.htm (686 words)

	Newgrange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		At four and a half minutes past nine, the light from the rising sun strikes the front of Newgrange, and enters through the roof into the passage which was specially designed by the builders to capture the rays of the sun on the exact date of the Winter solstice.
		Newgrange consists of a vast stone and turf mound about 280 ft in diameter and 44 ft high, containing a passage leading to a burial chamber.
		Newgrange was the alleged burial place of the prehistoric kings of Tara in early Irish mythology.
	www.irishpage.com /themes/grange.htm (475 words)

	Newgrange: Cave of the Sun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newgrange is at the center of an ancient Boyne valley megalithic culture and is surrounded by other grassy mounds known as Sidhe by the Irish.
		Newgrange itself was first brought to attention in 1699 when the then overgrown mound was 'rediscovered'.
		Newgrange, and its sister sites of Dowth and Knowth will probably remain a mystery until further excavation and effort is put into their 'rediscovery'.
	www.irishclans.com /articles/newgrange.html (958 words)

	Stones of Ireland - Newgrange passage tomb
		Newgrange was originally built about 3100 BC and today is in a much restored form.
		In early Irish mythology, Newgrange was not only the alleged burial place of the prehistoric kings of Tara, but also the home of a race of Irish supernatural beings, known as 'Tuatha de Danann' : the people of the goddess Danu.
		Newgrange was also taken to be the house of the patriarchal god Dagda.
	www.stonepages.com /ireland/newgrange.html (616 words)

	Knowth & Newgrange Ireland, Tara and other Ancient Ireland sites.
		The Megalithic Passage Tombs of Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Fourknocks, Loughcrew and Tara are located in the present day County of Meath on the east coast of Ireland.
		Judging from the splendour and magnificence of Newgrange and Knowth it is likely that these temples of the ancestors were places of astrological, spiritual, religious and ceremonial importance, much as present day cathedrals are places of worship where dignitaries may be laid to rest.
		Newgrange is best known for the illumination of its passage and chamber by the winter solstice sun.
	www.knowth.com (589 words)

	Laputan Logic - Winter Solstice at Newgrange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newgrange's white quartz wall illuminated by the winter solstice sunrise.
		The construction of Newgrange was a remarkable feat of engineering demonstrating an advanced knowledge of astronomy and geometry on the part of its Neolithic builders.
		A large crowd of onlookers was present at Newgrange for the unofficial dawn of the new Millennium.
	www.laputanlogic.com /articles/2003/12/24-0001.html (628 words)

	Stone Age Building
		Newgrange is considered the most famous of all Irish prehistoric monuments and one of the finest European passage-tombs.
		Newgrange gets its modern name from the fact that by 1142, the site had become part of Mellifont Abbey farm.These farms were known as granges, and by 14th century the site was known only as the 'New Grange'.
		In early Irish mythology, Newgrange was not only the alleged burial place of the prehistoric kings of Tara, but also the home of a race of Irish supernatural beings, known as 'Tuatha de Danann': the people of the goddess Danu.
	www.missgien.net /stone-age/newgrange.html (930 words)

	Newgrange Stone Age passage-tomb, Co. Meath, Ireland
		A survey of the roofbox, passage and chamber of Newgrange by Dr. Jon Patrick in 1972 found that the Winter Solstice orientation of the site was an original feature, and that they were sophisticated constructions, intended to maximise the accuracy and length of the beam entering the chamber.
		Newgrange was said to have been the place where the great mythical hero Cúchulainn was conceived by his mother Dechtine.
		A new book about Newgrange challenges the classification of the monument as a "passage-grave" or "passage-tomb", and says there was no evidence that Newgrange was used as any sort of dedicated repository for bodies, bones, burial artefacts or ash.
	www.mythicalireland.com /ancientsites/newgrange (827 words)

	Irish Historical Mysteries: Newgrange and Knowth
		Newgrange is in effect a large mound of stones of various sizes, surrounded by kerbstones and faced with white quartz, and there is also an outer circle of standing stones.
		Newgrange was rediscovered in 1699, and antiquarians first ascribed it to the Danes, radically underestimating its age.
		Newgrange is so oriented that on the morning of the winter solstice on December 21st, and for a number of days before and after, the rays of the rising sun illuminate the inner chamber.
	homepage.eircom.net /~seanjmurphy/irhismys/newgrknow.htm (1979 words)

	Newgrange/Brú na Bóinne (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The most curious fact about Newgrange is its alignment with the winter solstice; above the entrance is a shaft which allows the newly-risen sun to shine down into the chamber, and specifically into a basin on the ground.
		This theory is also bolstered by the existence of standing stones which serve to block out all sunlight from the entrance of the chamber on certain days of the year, particularly the other equinoxes and solstice.
		It is said that Oengus won Newgrange in a bet with his father the Dagda, but that Oengus had to relent and allow his father to live there some part of the year.
	www.maryjones.us /jce/newgrange.html (279 words)

	Newgrange Information
		, Newgrange is a pagan monument, with a vaulted roof and a cruciform
		Newgrange is at the centre of an entire Boyne valley megalithic culture and religious ritual.
		Newgrange was said to have become the burial place of the high Kings of Tara.
	www.glasson.com /sights/newgrange.htm (440 words)

	Sacred Places: Newgrange, Ireland
		Newgrange, built around 3,200 BCE and recently restored, is a great circular mound of earth and stone 250 feet in diameter encircled by a ring of standing stones.
		The interior is solid except for a single stone-lined and -capped passage 62 feet long and 3 feet wide which terminates close to the centre of the mound in main chamber with a corbelled vault 20 feet high and three recessed chambers.
		Sean P. O'Ríordáin and Glyn Daniel, Newgrange and the Bend in the Boyne, London: Thames & Hudson, 1964.
	witcombe.sbc.edu /sacredplaces/newgrange.html (199 words)

	Newgrange, Bru na Boinne, County Meath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newgrange, one of three passage tombs in Bru na Boinne, was built over 5,000 years ago.
		The tomb is exactly positioned so that at dawn on Winter Solstice, a shaft of light penetrates the passageway and illuminates the inner chamber.
		Nobody knows exactly what these designs meant to the original artists, why the tomb itself was constructed, and how it was so carefully aligned with the solstice.
	home.earthlink.net /~laurieyoung/newgrange.html (139 words)

	" Newgrange Ireland passage tomb information and pictures and miniatures"
		Newgrange is just one of the items you can learn about at this site and just one of the items that we have lovingly created in miniature for your enjoyment.
		Newgrange is a Passage Tomb and was built during the Neolithic period about 5,000 years ago.
		Newgrange Passage tomb was built around 3,200 BC during Ireland's Neolithic period.
	www.ballybegvillage.com /newgrange.html (621 words)

	Newgrange Stone Circle and Barrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newgrange is an outstanding monument with a whole host of features - effectively a large passage grave surrounded by a ring of stones, some stones with excellent carvings too.
		Newgrange has been the subject of enthusiastic 'renovation' by the Irish office of public works - whether these are exactly to your taste is up to you.
		Certainly it is striking to see strong architectural lines imposed upon the structure - while accepting that the surface of the barrow was probably faced with white quartz I am not so sure that the magnificent 20th century facade is entirely true to form.
	www.anima.demon.co.uk /newgrange (340 words)

	Newgrange
		Our family visited the passage tomb at Newgrange during our Easter holiday back in Ireland and I can safely say that it is one of the most interesting and enjoyable places to visit in the country.
		Of Newgrange's many notable features, perhaps the most famous is the small opening over the door, the roof box.
		The roof box is aligned so that at dawn on the morning of the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year (Dec. 21st.) and a number of days before and after, a beam of sunlight penetrates the passage and creeps slowly to the very back of the chamber.
	website.lineone.net /~tom.dunne/Newgrange.htm (827 words)

	Newgrange > School > Welcome to the Newgrange School (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newgrange provides a highly specialized educational program for students ages 7 through 18 with languaged-based and other related learning disabilities.
		The Newgrange School is an approved New Jersey Department of Education private school eligible to receive tuition funding from public school systems.
		Robert Hegedus is the principal of the Newgrange School.
	www.thenewgrange.org /school (183 words)

	Newgrange - Midlands East Atrractions - Ireland Travel Information Guide
		Situated eight kilometres east of the village of Slane, the Passage Grave of Newgrange is regarded by some as one of the greatest wonders of the ancient world.
		Almost ninety metres in diameter and eleven metres in height and covering an area of almost one acre, the main burial mound of Newgrange is surrounded by the remains of three smaller passage graves.
		One of the main reasons for the importance and fame of Newgrange is its richness in megalithic art which can be seen all over the chamber especially on the east recess.
	www.12travel.com /ie/Midlands_East/attractions/newgrange.html (299 words)

	Newgrange Description (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newgrange is perhaps the most famous national monument in Ireland situated at a bend in the river Boyne some 3 miles West of Drogheda in Co. Meath and 3 miles East of Slane town.
		Newgrange was the first largemound to be excavated and preserved by a team of archaeologists lead by the late Dr. M J O'Kelly.
		What's particularly significant about Newgrange is its famous well preservedmegalithic kerbstone artwork, picked and dressed, on granite boulders that skirt the round mound as perimeter delimiters.
	www.bluhorizonlines.org /new/new1.html (464 words)

	The megalithic burial site of Newgrange, Ireland.
		Covering an area of one acre, Newgrange is one of the most impressive prehistoric monuments in Europe.
		As with Newgrange, which can still be seen with the naked eye from the Hill of Tara, some 15 miles (10 kilometres) away, they tend to be situated on hill tops and commanding sites.
		It consists of two low side-walls, a back corbel and a roofstone, and it is through this gap that the dawn sun beams on the morning of the winter solstice.
	www.mc.taramagic.com /newgrange.html (1198 words)

	Petroglyph Gallery - ancient art from Newgrange, Ireland.
		Newgrange is one of the oldest buildings in Europe, dating to about 3200 bc.
		Located on a ridge at a bend in the river Boyne, it has commanding views and can be seen from some distance.
		There's a sense of awe, even reverence most people experience inside the mound - time and space seem almost shifted, one is struck by the nearness of those who made this remarkable place.
	www.onlymp.com /gallery/petro/ireland/newgrange (253 words)

	Step Back to a Pre-Celtic Time of Spiritual Mystery at Newgrange
		Known as Bru Na Boinne, the tombs at Newgrange and the neighboring ones at Knowth and Dowth were built, not only as mere burial places but also as places of worship or initiation.
		In fact one of the many mysteries of Newgrange is the fact that not one single drop of mortar was used to hold the 200,000 tons of stone together.
		In total it is estimated that 1,600 granite boulders were used in the construction of Newgrange.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/travel_in_ireland/32583 (539 words)

	Corvus '02 - Newgrange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Newgrange was originally built about 3100 BC and today is in a much restored form thanks to extensive reconstructions between 1962 and 1975.
		It consists of a vast stone and turf mound about 280 feet in diameter and 44 feet high, containing a passage leading to a burial chamber.
		Newgrange is a spectacular structure, now rebuilt and turned into a major tourist attraction.
	members.aol.com /corvusireland/new.htm (650 words)

	Newgrange
		Newgrange is a passage-grave that overlooks the valley of the Boyne river in County Meath, Ireland.
		Newgrange is the only passage-grave ever excavated that is aligned so as to allow the light from the Winter Solstice sunrise to enter and light the main chamber deep within the mound.
		When twenty-four hours had passed, the Dagda returned to claim his own, only to have Aenghus refuse to give up Newgrange, claiming that all of time could be divided into the space of day and night, and that Newgrange was therefore His until the end of time, by the terms of the agreement.
	www.geocities.com /Athens/Aegean/7540/pages/caerllyne/newgrange.html (669 words)

	The Newgrange Passage Tomb
		Newgrange was definitely planned out and built to face sunrise at the midwinter mark.
		Many of the stones making up Newgrange are decorated, some with symbols that look very much like the Sun.
		Newgrange is not an observatory, but this building does show that this ancient civilization had not only knowledge of the movement of the Sun, but a deep cultural connection with the movements of the Sun, Moon and stars.
	www.windows.ucar.edu /tour/link=/the_universe/uts/newgrange.html (284 words)

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