Stonelight Archives

Archive based around the pioneering research of the Stonelight Team: Martin Brennan (1942-2023), Toby Hall, Jack Roberts and others interested in the function and purpose of the Irish Megalithic culture.

Dowth Castle - where East and West meet - April 1978
Dowth Castle - John Boyle O'Reilly - Drogheda Independent - April 1978
A National Park to hold Ireland's Pyramids - The Irish Times - November 1987
The man who 'cracked the Newgrange code' - Sunday Press - August 1979
The Embassy of the USSR - October 1979
Cracking the Newgrange Code Page 1, Page 2, Page 3, Page 4 - Executive Magazine 1979
Ireland was at the centre of Megalithic Civilisation - February 1980
Newgrange Ancient Observatory - The Irish Times - February 1980
Golden Secrets of our History Irish Independent - March 1980
Newgrange "A Salt Cellar - Not a Tomb" - Meath Cronicle - April 1980
Origins of Western Civilisation in Newgrange? Meath Chronicle - May 1980
The Boyne Valley Calendar May 1980
Haughey Returns from the tomb - The Irish Times - August 1980
Knowth Sundial - The Irish Times - September 1980
Major Antiquities Find Claimed - The Irish Times - October 1980
The Boyne Inheritance - The Irish Times - December 1980
No light at this tunnel's end - The Irish Times - December 1980
Stone Age find claimed - Sunday Independent - December 1980
An Irishman's Diary - The Irish Times - December 1980
December's sun solves stone mounds mystery - The Irish Press - December 1980
Riddles of the Boyne Valley - The Irish Times - January 1981
Martin Brennan's Boyne Valley research - The Irish Times - January 1981
Loughcrew Cairn T damaged by vandals - September 1981
The Fabulous Pre-historic lightshow - Sunday Tribune - December 1981
Secrets of Newgrange left for the future - December 1981
American finds world's oldest sundial in Ireland - April 1982
New discovery made at Newgrange - The Irish Times - April 1982
Editor - Passage Graves - The Irish Times - April 1982
Megalithomania By John Michell - The Irish Times - April 1982
Mace-head found at Knowth is major treasure - September 1982
Neolithic Artefact found at Knowth - September 1982
Solstice Watch in Tomb - The Irish Times - December 1982
Indian Rock 'Calendars' - January 1983
Newgrange Experience - The Irish Times - January 1983
Council to dump rubbish in the Carrowmore Stone Age cemetery - March 1983
Find may change theory on early man in Ireland - The Irish Times - June 1983
Ultrasonic chatter - key to mystery of the stones - Evening Press - June 1983
Court orders halt to Sligo Refuse Dump - The Irish Times - July 1983
Stone Mad by By Claire O'Kelly - The Sunday Tribune - December 1983
Stones not Bones - December 1983
Stories of the Stars and Stones - December 1983
The Stars and the Stones by Martin Brennan - Sunday Tribune - December 1983
Star gazers surface in megalithic Ireland - 1983
Stone Mad - Sunday Tribune January 1984
The Story of the Stones - The Irish Times - Feb 1984
Digging into the roots of the rich and varied Boyne Culture - The Irish Times - March 1984
Letter to the Editor - The Irish Times - March 1984
Archaeologists from 12 European countries to visit Knowth - April 1984
Book throws light on Knowth Excavations - The Irish Times - April 1984
Expert warns of threat to ancient monuments - The Irish Times - April 1984
Letter to the Editor - The Irish Times - April 1984
Knowth Finds put on display - The Irish Times - May 1984
1500 BC vessel found on farm - July 1984
Circles of Time - Evening Press - April 1986
Discovering the Dark Wonders of Knowth - The Irish Time - November 1986
Knowth, A Mecca for Prehistoric Pilgrims - The Irish Time - November 1986
Tombs of the Gods - The Irish Times - November 1986
Newgrange - Letters to the Editor - The Irish Times - June 1988
Newgrange oldest Observatory in world - The Irish Times - January 1989
Board of Works welcomes decision - The Irish Times - February 1989
Supreme Court Protects Carrowmore Site - The Irish Times - Feburary 1989
Carrowmore Judgement - March 1989
Rites of Passage Graves - Lorna Siggins - August 24th 1989
The winter solstice phenomenon at Newgrange : Accident or Design - 1989
Archaeological Park - The Irish Times - January 1990
An Irishman's Diary - The Irish Times - September 1990
Sheela-na-gigs - Power to Make Irishmen Blush
In some counties over 60% of Ireland's Ancient Monuments Destroyed
Sun Worshippers -
Gravel Extraction Threatens Vital Megalithic Tomb at Carrowmore
U.S. Mounds Called Oldest Celestial Calendar -
Wonders of Dowth are uncovered
Wonders of Knowth go on exhibition in Dublin

Boyne Valley Tours The Stonelight team - Jack Roberts (left), Martin Brennan (centre) and Toby Hall (right). Photo by Anthony Murphy at the 'Boyne Valley Revision' conference at the Newgrange Lodge in December 2009.

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