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.

Example Sentences

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.

From Realm of History

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

From Project Gutenberg