A collection of 101 facts about Ireland’s most famous monument, the megalithic passage-tomb of Newgrange, located in the Boyne Valley in County Meath, Ireland.
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The mountain of Slieve Gullion is mentioned many many times in the ancient Irish battle epic, the Táin Bó Cuailnge, as Sliabh Cuilinn. There is a lake at the top of the mountain, known as the “Lake of Sorrow”, or the Calliag Bheara’s lake. There are two cairns either side of the lake.
The folklore behind this stone is probably connected with the High Man, a giant warrior figure, thought to be Cúchulainn, in the landscape of Co. Louth.
An exploration of Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Tara, Loughcrew and other ancient sites of Ireland in the context of art, astronomy, mythology and archaeology.
Carnbane West at Loughcrew has a higher concentration of remains than Carnbane East, with a total of two large cairns and ten smaller ones still extant on the summit.
The archaeology, mythology and astronomy of the Hill of Tara. This site includes an interactive map of the monuments and a photo gallery.
Researchers have put forward an interesting theory which may explain the apparently unusual orientation of the eastern and western passages at Knowth.
Dowth was extensively excavated (and damaged) during excavations by the Royal Irish Academy in the 1840s.
There is some quite intricate megalithic art inside Newgrange, including the world famous “triple spiral” on an orthostat in the end recess of the chamber.
A 12-mile high warrior figure in the ancient road system near the famous Brú na Bóinne megalithic sites of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. Could this be a representation of Cúchulainn, the Irish Orion?
This site at Brú na Bóinne was excavated in the early 1960s by George Eogan.
The megalithic dolmen at Proleek, located in the legendary Cooley Peninsula, is one of the finest examples in Ireland, and is widely photographed and documented.
A huge Irish monument once dubbed Ireland’s “Stonehenge”, may at one time have been a “school of astronomy”, where ancient skywatchers studied the risings of various heavenly bodies during the year.
A gallery of photographs of Carnbane East at Loughcrew taken on Winter Solstice. Including photos from Inside Cairn T.
A page about the ancient Hill of Slane including a picture of the barrow.
All about the Hill of Slane – its monuments, including the ancient Mound of Slaine, and the barrow, plus more recent Christian era structures.
Fourknocks: ground plan, finds, photos of art work, alignments and astronomy.
Interesting alignments at Barnaveddoge, plus nice photographs.
Local researchers have discovered the Baltray standing stones have a Winter Solstice alignment, confirmed in local mythology.
One of these stones looks like a star map.
Prehistoric engravings on the stones at Dowth
Photographs of Newgrange from the air.
The most comprehensive collection of Knowth photographs on the web.