Newgrange

or New Grange

[ noo-greynj, nyoo- ]

noun
  1. the largest of three mound-covered passage graves on the river Boyne in county Meath, Ireland, built c3000 b.c., having a corbeled roof and hammered geometric engravings and containing traces of cremation burials.

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How to use Newgrange in a sentence

  • It was said that Aengus has his dwelling around Newgrange after he had tricked his father Dagda into giving him the possession of the Brú na Bóinne – the spiritual abode of the chieftain of the Tuatha De Danann.

  • It was with this feeling that I visited one of the most ancient places of worship in Ireland, the tumulus at Newgrange.

    Humanly Speaking | Samuel McChord Crothers