# Newgrange > Newgrange in the Boyne Valley is a 5,000-year-old passage tomb, famed for the Winter Solstice sunrise illumination that lights the passage and chamber. This site covers the archaeology, art, history and heritage of Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Loughcrew, the Hill of Tara and the wider Boyne Valley. ## Visitor Information - [Home](https://www.newgrange.com/index.htm): Newgrange World Heritage Site in the Boyne Valley, Ireland. - [Visitor Centre](https://www.newgrange.com/visitor.htm): Visitor information for Newgrange and Knowth at Bru na Boinne, including how tours work and ticket booking. - [Tours](https://www.newgrange.com/tours.htm): Plan Newgrange and Knowth tours with official ticket links, Dublin bus tours and private day tours. - [Day Tours](https://www.newgrange.com/daytours.htm): Private Boyne Valley day tours from Dublin to Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Tara and Trim Castle. - [Directions](https://www.newgrange.com/directions.htm): Directions to the Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre from Dublin, Drogheda, Navan and Trim. - [FAQ](https://www.newgrange.com/frequently-asked-questions.htm): Tickets, guided tours, booking windows, winter schedules, the solstice lottery and visiting advice. - [Contact](https://www.newgrange.com/contact.htm): Contact details for the Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre and Newgrange.com. - [Local Area](https://www.newgrange.com/local-area.htm): Guide to places in the Boyne Valley local area. - [Videos](https://www.newgrange.com/video.htm): Winter Solstice illumination, expert commentary, archive footage and Boyne Valley heritage videos. - [Images](https://www.newgrange.com/images.htm): Gallery of Newgrange images including aerial views, chamber carvings, kerbstones and winter solstice. ## Newgrange - [Description](https://www.newgrange.com/description.htm): Claire O'Kelly's detailed description of Newgrange, covering the Great Circle, mound, kerbstones, roof-box, passage and chamber. - [Kerbstones](https://www.newgrange.com/kerbstones.htm): Photo thumbnails of the 97 kerbstones surrounding the Newgrange passage tomb. - [Great Circle](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-great-circle.htm): The surviving Great Circle standing stones at Newgrange. - [Tri-Spiral](https://www.newgrange.com/tri-spiral.htm): The tri-spiral motif carved inside the chamber at Newgrange, one of Ireland's most iconic Neolithic symbols. - [Lightbox Project](https://www.newgrange.com/light-box.htm): A life-size working model of the Newgrange roofbox, passage and chamber. - [Plans](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-plans.htm): Newgrange plans by Michael J. O'Kelly. - [Monument to Immortality](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-monument.htm): Book by Anthony Murphy on the archaeology, astronomy, mythology and spiritual meaning of Newgrange. - [Ritual Origins of the Roof-Box](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-ritual-roofbox.htm): Laura E. Freeman Marr's thesis on the ritual origins of the roof-box. - [Ritual Deposition](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-ritual-deposition.htm): Charles Mount on ritual deposition in the Late Neolithic and Beaker periods at Newgrange. - [New Science](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-new-science.htm): Kieran Comerford's investigation tracing a Neolithic project from Sligo to the Boyne Valley. - [Elite Tomb DNA](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-elite.htm): DNA study of a man buried at Newgrange revealing a case of incest among a powerful elite. - [Macalister 1929 Guide](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-macalister.htm): The 1929 Penny Guide to Newgrange by R.A.S. Macalister with modern commentary. - [Newgrange Speaks](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange_speaks.htm): Forty Carved Motifs and Related Site Features by Jacqueline Ingalls Garnett. - [Pocket Guide](https://www.newgrange.com/newgrange-boyne-valley.htm): A Pocket Guide to Newgrange and the Boyne Valley. - [Exploring Newgrange](https://www.newgrange.com/exploring-newgrange.htm): Review of Exploring Newgrange by Liam Mac Uistin. - [First Light](https://www.newgrange.com/origins-of-newgrange.htm): First Light: The Origins of Newgrange by Robert Hensey. ## Knowth - [Knowth](https://www.newgrange.com/knowth.htm): Knowth passage tomb at Bru na Boinne with the great mound, passages, kerbstones, megalithic art and visiting information. - [Knowth Article](https://www.newgrange.com/knowth-article.htm): Fifty years of excavations at Knowth by Helena King. - [Knowth and Bru na Boinne](https://www.newgrange.com/knowth-bru-na-boinne.htm): Illustrated guide by Paul Francis. - [Knowth Guide Book](https://www.newgrange.com/knowth-guide-book.htm): Royal Irish Academy guide to Knowth. - [Knowth Macehead](https://www.newgrange.com/knowth-macehead.htm): The Knowth flint macehead from Ireland in 100 Objects. - [Knowth Secrets](https://www.newgrange.com/knowth_secrets.htm): Knowth Secrets from the Grave by George Eogan. - [Excavations at Knowth](https://www.newgrange.com/excavations-at-knowth-volumes.htm): The Excavations at Knowth monograph series. ## Dowth - [Dowth](https://www.newgrange.com/dowth.htm): Dowth passage tomb at Bru na Boinne with passages, megalithic art, solar alignment and visitor information. - [Dowth Article](https://www.newgrange.com/dowth-article.htm): Dowth: Darkness, Stone and Memory by Harry Warren. - [Dowth Tumulus](https://www.newgrange.com/dowth-tumulus.htm): Wakeman's description of the Dowth sepulchral mound. - [Dowth 2011](https://www.newgrange.com/dowth-2011.htm): Winter solstice sunset at Dowth on 21 December 2011. ## Winter Solstice and Seasonal Alignments - [Winter Solstice](https://www.newgrange.com/winter_solstice.htm): Newgrange winter solstice sunrise illumination. - [Winter Solstice at Newgrange](https://www.newgrange.com/winter-solstice-at-newgrange.htm): Winter solstice at Newgrange in the Boyne Valley. - [Annual Reports](https://www.newgrange.com/winter-solstice-newgrange.htm): Winter solstice Newgrange annual reports. - [Rediscovering the Solstice](https://www.newgrange.com/rediscovering-winter-solstice.htm): Rediscovering the Winter Solstice at Newgrange. - [Solstice Lottery](https://www.newgrange.com/solstice-lottery.htm): The Newgrange winter solstice lottery. - [Solstice Photos](https://www.newgrange.com/solstice-photos.htm): Winter sunrise images from Newgrange. - [Loughcrew Equinox](https://www.newgrange.com/equinox.htm): Equinox illumination at Loughcrew Cairn T. - [Loughcrew and Newgrange](https://www.newgrange.com/loughcrew-newgrange.htm): Tim O'Brien on equinox at Loughcrew and solstice at Newgrange. - [Loughcrew Eclipse](https://www.newgrange.com/loughcrew-eclipse.htm): The oldest recorded solar eclipse at Loughcrew Cairn L. - [Carrowkeel Solstice](https://www.newgrange.com/carrowkeel-solstice.htm): Cairn G roofbox sunset at the summer solstice. - [Slieve Gullion](https://www.newgrange.com/slieve-gullion.htm): Winter solstice sunset at the Slieve Gullion passage tomb. ## Celtic Calendar and Mythology - [Samhain](https://www.newgrange.com/samhain.htm): Celtic festival and Irish Halloween. - [Beltane](https://www.newgrange.com/beltane.htm): Celtic May Day festival. - [Imbolc](https://www.newgrange.com/imbolc.htm): Celtic spring festival. - [Lughnasadh](https://www.newgrange.com/lughnasadh.htm): Celtic harvest festival. - [Tlachtga](https://www.newgrange.com/tlachtga.htm): Hill of Ward and Samhain origins. - [Saint Patrick](https://www.newgrange.com/saint_patrick.htm): Saint Patrick and the Hill of Slane. - [Setanta](https://www.newgrange.com/setanta.htm): Cu Chulainn and the Boyne Valley. - [An Cailleach](https://www.newgrange.com/an-cailleach.htm): The Hag of the Loughcrew Hills. ## Megalithic Art and Archaeology - [Megalithic](https://www.newgrange.com/megalithic.htm): Aspects of the Megalithic Era, from passage tombs to ancient astronomy. - [European Megalithic](https://www.newgrange.com/european-megalithic.htm): European megalithic culture and Ireland's ancient monuments. - [Sacred Sky](https://www.newgrange.com/sacred-sky.htm): Astronomy and megalithic monuments. - [Spirit Stones](https://www.newgrange.com/spirit-stones.htm): Boyne Valley megalithic art. - [Art](https://www.newgrange.com/art.htm): Artists and makers inspired by the megalithic monuments of the Boyne Valley. - [Irish Passage Graves](https://www.newgrange.com/irish_passage_graves.htm): Irish Passage Graves by Michael Herity. - [People of the Passage Tombs](https://www.newgrange.com/people-of-the-passage-tombs.htm): Who were these people gathered on the hillside at Newgrange? ## Boyne Valley - [The Boyne](https://www.newgrange.com/the-boyne.htm): The Boyne: A Valley of Kings by Henry Boylan. - [Vale of the Boyne](https://www.newgrange.com/vale_of_the_boyne.htm): An 1898 Great Northern Railway guide to the Boyne Valley. - [Bend of the Boyne](https://www.newgrange.com/bend-of-the-boyne.htm): Newgrange and the Bend of the Boyne by Geraldine Stout. - [Boyne and Beyond](https://www.newgrange.com/boyne-beyond.htm): Essays in appreciation of George Eogan and the archaeology of Bru na Boinne. - [Boyne Currach](https://www.newgrange.com/boyne-curragh.htm): History, craft and significance of the Boyne currach. - [Meath: The Royal County](https://www.newgrange.com/meath_royal_county.htm): Meath treasures including Trim Castle and the Boyne Valley. - [Beaulieu House](https://www.newgrange.com/beaulieu-house.htm): Historic 17th-century house and walled garden on the River Boyne near Drogheda. - [Old Maps](https://www.newgrange.com/old-maps.htm): 1837 Ordnance Survey maps showing Newgrange and Knowth. - [On Ancient Roads](https://www.newgrange.com/on-ancient-roads.htm): Recollections, history and folklore of County Meath by Anthony Holten. - [Powerful Places](https://www.newgrange.com/powerful-places-ireland.htm): Powerful Places in Ireland by Elyn Aviva and Gary White. - [Loughcrew Photos](https://www.newgrange.com/loughcrew-photos.htm): Photographs of the Loughcrew Cairns including Cairn T and the Hag's Chair. - [Magic Light of Loughcrew](https://www.newgrange.com/magic-light-of-loughcrew.htm): A children's book on the light of Loughcrew. ## Archaeologists - [Irish Archaeologists](https://www.newgrange.com/irish-archaeologists.htm): Profiles of distinguished Irish archaeologists from the 19th to 21st century. - [George Eogan](https://www.newgrange.com/george-eogan.htm): Professor George Eogan (1930-2021) and the Knowth excavations. - [Michael J. O'Kelly](https://www.newgrange.com/michael-j-okelly.htm): Michael J. O'Kelly and the excavation of Newgrange. - [Claire O'Kelly](https://www.newgrange.com/claire-okelly.htm): Claire O'Kelly, archaeologist and Newgrange researcher. - [Peter Harbison](https://www.newgrange.com/peter-harbison.htm): Peter Harbison (1939-2023), archaeologist and author. - [Frank Mitchell](https://www.newgrange.com/frank-mitchell.htm): Frank Mitchell (1912-1997), natural historian and archaeologist. - [Barry Raftery](https://www.newgrange.com/barry-raftery.htm): Barry Raftery (1944-2010), Irish Iron Age archaeologist. - [R.A.S. Macalister](https://www.newgrange.com/ras-macalister.htm): R.A.S. Macalister (1870-1950), archaeologist and epigraphist. - [William Wakeman](https://www.newgrange.com/william-wakeman.htm): William Frederick Wakeman (1822-1900), Irish antiquarian and artist. - [Jack Roberts](https://www.newgrange.com/jack-roberts.htm): Jack Roberts (1948-2024), author and researcher of Irish megalithic monuments. ## Stonelight and Photography - [Stonelight Archives](https://www.newgrange.com/stonelight.htm): Martin Brennan and the Stonelight team's research on Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth and the Boyne Valley. - [Guest Photos](https://www.newgrange.com/guest-photos.htm): Guest photographs of Newgrange including mid-winter dawn, snow scenes and sunset views. ## Books - [Books](https://www.newgrange.com/book.htm): Newgrange books on archaeology, heritage and megalithic art. - [Articles](https://www.newgrange.com/articles.htm): Newgrange and Boyne Valley articles. - [News](https://www.newgrange.com/news.htm): Newgrange news and Boyne Valley heritage updates.