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Newgrange

American

[noo-greynj, nyoo-] / ˈnuˌgreɪndʒ, ˈnju- /

Or New Grange

noun

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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Steeped in Irish history, Duleek is located a few kilometres from Newgrange - part of the Brú na Bóinne Unesco World Heritage Site.

From BBC ● Mar. 24, 2023

Let's get back to Newgrange, which was built way before the Bell Beaker folk and the imaginary Celts: I'm not telling you to scrub off that triple-spiral tattoo in shame.

From Salon ● Mar. 17, 2023

Baffert has three accomplished 3-year-old colts in his barn — two of them, Corniche and Newgrange, are undefeated.

From New York Times ● Feb. 21, 2022

The very most ancient monuments are things such as Newgrange in Ireland.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 28, 2022

It is now more than thirty years since I went to Newgrange for the special purpose of investigating that matter.

From Fians, Fairies and Picts by MacRitchie, David

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