Newgrange, county Meath
- before it was excavated.
The circle was erected (probably by the same 'ethnocultural group'
who erected the circle at
Ballynoe
)
after the tomb was built, perhaps to incorporate it into a new form of sanctity,
as old churches in Ireland were taken over from the Celtic rite first by the Roman orthodoxy,
then later by the Anglicans.
O 007 727 - Sheet 43
Nearest town: Drogheda
A slightly-later view of the entrance before it was "restored".
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