Brú na Bóinne - Archaeological Ensemble of the Bend of the Boyne
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Ireland
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Europe and North America
The Newgrange cursus is a Neolithic monument used as a ceremonial procession route within the Brú na Bóinne complex. The ancient trackway is 100m long and 20m wide. It is located at Newgrange, in County Meath, Ireland.
The Newgrangecursus is a Neolithic monument used as a ceremonial procession route within the Brú na Bóinne complex. The ancient trackway is 100m long...
England, c. 3000 BC Chiselled granite basin, Newgrange Stone bowl, Knowth Carved stone from Newgrange The 'Westray Wife' from Orkney Polished stone macehead...
tombs in the surrounding landscape. In approximately 3500 BC, a Stonehenge Cursus was built 2,300 feet (700 m) north of the site as the first farmers began...
Sokhta". "Newgrange Stone Age Passage Tomb – Boyne Valley, Ireland". www.newgrange.com. Retrieved 2017-12-12. O'Kelly, Michael J. 1982. Newgrange: Archaeology...
Newgrange. Infra-red aerial photography has identified several Early Neolithic enclosures. These include a so-called 'super henge', a possible cursus...
multiple names: authors list (link) Wikimedia Commons has media related to Passage graves. newgrange.com World Heritage IE - Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth...
circles and passage graves such as the clava tombs and on the capstones at Newgrange. The site of Atlit Yam, abandoned circa 6300 BCE and now under Israel's...
Civilisation begins in the Indian subcontinent.[citation needed] 3300 BC: Newgrange is built in Ireland. Ness of Brodgar is built in Orkney 3200 BC - 2500...
instance examining the curvilinear designs that are found on the tombs at Newgrange and Gavrinis, before then looking at the monument at Stonehenge, the most...
area for ritual or funerary purposes. Famous sites with kerbs include Newgrange where many of the stones are etched with megalithic art. An example of...
south-eastern France and northern Italy. Finnish Rock Art Knowth Loughcrew Newgrange Neolithic and Bronze Age rock art in the British Isles Rock Drawings in...
Germany (central and south-west). c. 3400 BCE: Constructions in Ireland (Newgrange), Netherlands (north-east), Germany (northern and central) Sweden and...
and Northern Europe, notably at Carnac, France. The large mound tomb at Newgrange, Ireland, dating to around 3200 BC, has its entrance marked with a massive...
pottery not known in the north-east but common in Orkney and Fife. The Newgrange carvings in Ireland show strong similarities to those found on some balls...
the Hill of Tara. Smaller timber circles were built at sites including Newgrange and Navan. Timber circles in the British Isles likely served ritual purposes...
passage" sites of the Maes Howe type in Orkney (in Ireland e.g. Knowth and Newgrange), whose distribution extends as far as the Scilly Isles and Devonshire...
archaeoastronomy of sacred sites in India. Persepolis Naqsh-e Rustam Newgrange, once a year, at the winter solstice, the rising sun shines directly along...
south-west). c. 3400 BC: Constructions in Sardinia (circular graves), Ireland (Newgrange), Netherlands (north-east), Germany (northern and central) Sweden and...
des Merveilles, France The tribe master, Vallée des Merveilles, France Newgrange Knowth Dowth Loughcrew Tara Clonfinlough Stone Boheh Stone Rock Drawings...
symbols which accompany maze or geometric patterns from sites such as Newgrange in Ireland are identifiable or interpretable as human, the womb (lens...
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