What is recorded here

Pit circle in Newgrange, a ring of large holes holding concentric lines of bones, waited beneath the soil until P. D. Sweetman opened it. Carbon dating places the burial work around 2000 BC, centuries after the main chamber sealed. The repeated digging suggests a living community returning to mark its dead, not a single forgotten event.

Circular area defined by circle of large pits within which were concentric lines of burials revealed in excavation by P.D. Sweetman. C14 dates centred c. 2000 BC. (Sweetman 1985, 195-221). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 10 July 2007

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