Newgrange Plans

Newgrange from Geniet by Victor Reijs, includes cross sections of Newgrange, technical data and images of the Winter Solstice sunrise.

All plans are from Newgrange - Archaeology, Art and Legend by Michael J. O'Kelly and Claire O'Kelly. An account of the major excavation of Newgrange which was carried out by Professor Michael J. O'Kelly between 1962 and 1975. Purchase book at Amazon.com Purchase book at Amazon.co.uk Purchase Book at Amazon.ca Purchase book at Amazon.de Purchase book at Amazon.fr 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.