Newgrange
Newgrange is a prehistoric monument in County Meath in Ireland, placed on a rise overlooking the River Boyne, eight kilometres west of the town of Drogheda.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Opening hours: 9:00 AM—6:30 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: neolithic monument in County Meath, Ireland
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Knowth and Dowth.
Knowth
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Knowth is a prehistoric tomb overlooking the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. It comprises a large passage tomb surrounded by 17 smaller tombs, built during the Neolithic era around 3200 BC. Knowth is situated 1¼ km northwest of Newgrange.
Dowth
Archaeological site
Photo: William Ellison, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Dowth is the site of Neolithic passage tombs near the River Boyne in County Meath, Ireland. It is one of the three main tombs of the Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site, along with Newgrange and Knowth. Dowth is situated 2 km northeast of Newgrange.
Brú na Bóinne Visitors Centre
Tourism office
Brú na Bóinne, also called the Boyne Valley tombs, is an ancient monument complex and ritual landscape in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne. Brú na Bóinne Visitors Centre is situated 1½ km east of Newgrange.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park and Donore.
Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park
Photo: Guenni, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Brú na Bóinne is a remarkable complex of Neolithic chamber tombs, standing stones, henges and other prehistoric structures. It's by the banks of the River Boyne in County Meath, 40 km north of Dublin and 8 km west of Drogheda.
Donore
Village
Photo: Jonathan Billinger, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Donore, historically Dunower, is a small village in County Meath, Ireland. It lies near Drogheda on the border between County Meath and County Louth, in the Boyne Valley on the road between Drogheda and the Brú na Bóinne heritage site. Donore is situated 4 km east of Newgrange.
Slane
Photo: Michal Osmenda, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Slane is a village in County Meath, with a population of 1400 in 2022. It's 14 km west of Drogheda and is near several historic sites, the top attraction being Brú Na Bóinne Archaeological Park.
Newgrange
- Categories: Irish passage tomb, tomb, tourism, archaeological site, and historic site
- Location: County Meath, Leinster, East Coast and Midlands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
53.69471° or 53° 41′ 41″ northLongitude
-6.47555° or 6° 28′ 32″ westElevation
16 metres (52 feet)Operator
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Newgrange” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نيوغرانغ”
- Armenian: “Նյուգրեյնջ”
- Asturian: “Newgrange”
- Basque: “Newgrange”
- Belarusian: “Шы-ан Вру”
- Bosnian: “Arheološko nalazište Boyne”
- Bulgarian: “Нюгрейндж”
- Catalan: “Newgrange”
- Cebuano: “Newgrange”
- Chinese: “紐格萊奇墓”
- Chinese: “纽格莱奇墓”
- Czech: “Newgrange”
- Danish: “Newgrange”
- Dutch: “Bend of the Boyne”
- Dutch: “Newgrange”
- Esperanto: “Newgrange”
- Finnish: “New Grange”
- Finnish: “New Grangen käytävähauta”
- Finnish: “Newgrange”
- Finnish: “Newgrangen hautakumpu”
- Finnish: “Newgrangen käytävähauta”
- French: “Newgrange”
- Galician: “Newgrange”
- German: “New Grange”
- German: “Newgrange”
- German: “Tempel von Newgrange”
- Hindi: “न्यूग्रेंज”
- Indonesian: “Newgrange”
- Irish: “Sí an Bhrú”
- Italian: “Newgrange”
- Japanese: “ニューグレンジ”
- Korean: “뉴그레인지”
- Latvian: “Ņūgreindža”
- Lithuanian: “Niugrendžas”
- Nepali: “न्युग्रेन्ज”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Newgrange”
- Norwegian: “Newgrange”
- Persian: “نیوگرنج”
- Polish: “Newgrange”
- Portuguese: “Newgrange”
- Russian: “Ньюгрейндж”
- Serbian: “Njugrejndž”
- Serbian: “Њугрејнџ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Newgrange”
- Sinhala: “නිව්ග්රේන්ජ් (Newgrage)”
- Sinhala: “නිව්ග්රේන්ජ්”
- Slovak: “Newgrange”
- Slovenian: “Newgrange”
- Spanish: “Newgrange”
- Swedish: “New Grange”
- Swedish: “Newgrange”
- Turkish: “Newgrange”
- Ukrainian: “Ньюґрандж”
- Ukrainian: “Ньюгрейндж”
- Vietnamese: “Newgrange”
- Waray (Philippines): “Newgrange”
- Welsh: “Newgrange”
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