CChronica Maps

Newgrange: Then and Now

Passage tomb built around 3200 BC; at sunrise on the winter solstice, light enters its inner chamber.

Historical view
Newgrange, historical view
Model of Newgrange as built. Guy Renard, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Today
Newgrange, today
Tjp finn, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Key facts

Country todayIreland
StatusStanding
Date500 BC
Nearest city on the mapDublin (about 41 km)
Location53.695° N, -6.476° E
Map showing Newgrange in 500 BCNewgrange
Border map for 500 BC. See Europe in 500 BC.

Open Newgrange in the interactive map

Who ruled this place

Derived from the border maps; each row runs until the next recorded border change.

PeriodState
500 BC–401 BCUnclaimed / no data
400 BC–2 BCCelts
1 BC–799Unclaimed / no data
800–999Irish kingdoms
1000–1299Celtic kingdoms
1300–1491English territory
1492–1599England
1600–1782England and Ireland
1783–1814Kingdom of Ireland
1815–1937United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
1938–todayIreland

Other landmarks nearby

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