Newgrange Passage Tomb Kerbstones

There are 97 stones surrounding the Newgrange mound. Some are decorated with stone carvings called megalithic art. In Professor Michael J. O'Kelly's book Newgrange Archaeology, Art and Legend, the kerbstones are numbered 1 to 97.

Click on the thumbnails below to view a larger image of any of the kerbstones. Kerbstones 22 to 46 are still buried. Kerbstones 21, 47, 48, 49 and 50 are only partly visible and several others are leaning forward.



Newgrange Plan
Plan of Newgrange Mound from Newgrange Archaeology, Art and Legend

At the neighbouring Knowth mound there are 124 surviving kerbstones - View Images.

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