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Newgrange

Details and facts on Newgrange as part of Stone Age chapter

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Built when? Around 3200 BC
Excavated when? From 1967 - 1975
Roof box? Allows sun to shine down the long passage into end of chamber on the days around 21st December (the midwinter solstice, shortest day)
The main passage Formed by orthostats (upright stones), 22 on west side and 21 on east side.
The chamber Roughly 6m in diameter and 6m tall. Three recesses, form cruciform plan. Each recess has basin stone which contained ash from human cremations.
Wall of white quartz and grey granite stones Quartz came from Wicklow, 85km away. Granite came from Dundalk Bay, 50 km away.
Kerbstones 97 kerbstones. They are greywacke stone, had to be transported by boat or raft along coast and up the Boyne River.
The Great Circle Ring of standing stones that surround the mound, 7 - 12 metres outside it. Only 12 remain of original 35. May be more modern than mound, perhaps from Bronze Age.
Entrance Stone One of the biggest kerbstones, line in middle. Has spirals and lozenges.
Kerbstone 52 Opposite side to entrance stone, also has line in centre. Has spirals, lozenges, arcs and ovals with three cup marks inside.
Created by: hsullivan
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