Newgrange Plans

Plan of mound at Newgrange showing the passage and chamber.



Plan and sectional elevation of the passage and chamber before excavation.



Plan of the passage and chamber, the passage is shown in 2 sections.

All plans are from Newgrange Archaeology, Art and Legend where Professor O'Kelly presents the full results of his excavations at Newgrange between 1962 and 1975. Every stage in the excavation, interpretation and restoration of the site is described and illustrated with additional contributions from Claire O'Kelly, who collaborated in her husband's work at Newgrange. This book is a must for anyone with a serious interest in Newgrange, while written for the general reader, it is academic in its approach.  More... Excavation Report Critique - by Alan Marshall

Newgrange - Further Reading

• A Passage to the Afterworld - the story of New Grange adapted from an article first published in the The World Of Hibernia magazine.

• Directions to the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre the access point to Newgrange.

• Prof. Michael J. O'Kelly who excavated and restored Newgrange.

• Photographs of New Grange by Annaliese Moyer - Insight Photographic.

• Old Photograph of Newgrange and a newspaper report from 1928.

• Newgrange Excavation Report Critique - by Alan Marshall.

• Newgrange Books - factual books and a novel The Spirit Mound.

• Ireland in prehistory - Early Ireland, Megalithic Ireland, Ancient Ireland - Outside Influences.

• Emerald Sun - prologue to the historical novel The Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd. The prologue sets the scene of ancient Ireland with the winter solstice at Newgrange the centrepiece.

• Newgrange: empowering the salmon of wisdom by Philip Coppens.

• An anthropological lens applied to the early settlers of the Boyne Valley, adapted from a lecture by Dr. Gabriel J.Byrne.

• Messages from the Monuments - How Neolithic Monuments Communicate About Religion and Status by Paul K. Wason.

• Newgrange Links - External resource links.