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Dr. Muiris O’Sullivan

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The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

You have 18 smaller ones, but also within the big mound at Nouth, you had two tombs, an east and a west tomb. And within the east tomb at Nouth, there was a very spectacular mace head found, which was featured in the Stonehenge exhibition in the British Museum a couple of years ago. And that may said, everything about it would suggest that it may well come from Britain and maybe from Orkney.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

You have 18 smaller ones, but also within the big mound at Nouth, you had two tombs, an east and a west tomb. And within the east tomb at Nouth, there was a very spectacular mace head found, which was featured in the Stonehenge exhibition in the British Museum a couple of years ago. And that may said, everything about it would suggest that it may well come from Britain and maybe from Orkney.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

Most likely it is from Britain that it would have come from. It's probably Orkney.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

Most likely it is from Britain that it would have come from. It's probably Orkney.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

Most likely it is from Britain that it would have come from. It's probably Orkney.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

People, as you say, typically throw out that piece of information or piece of data. The interesting thing about Newgrange and indeed Stonehenge, maybe more so Stonehenge than Newgrange, is that these sites, they weren't built in a day. You know, they evolved, you know.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

People, as you say, typically throw out that piece of information or piece of data. The interesting thing about Newgrange and indeed Stonehenge, maybe more so Stonehenge than Newgrange, is that these sites, they weren't built in a day. You know, they evolved, you know.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

People, as you say, typically throw out that piece of information or piece of data. The interesting thing about Newgrange and indeed Stonehenge, maybe more so Stonehenge than Newgrange, is that these sites, they weren't built in a day. You know, they evolved, you know.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

And in the case of Stonehenge, it's very interesting there that we know that Stonehenge evolved, you know, from the different phases of activity there and so on. Newgrange looks more like a job of work, so to speak, in the sense that, you know, there's a certain integration in the way it was built. And Newgrange, the actual mound at Newgrange is surrounded by a circle of standing stones.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

And in the case of Stonehenge, it's very interesting there that we know that Stonehenge evolved, you know, from the different phases of activity there and so on. Newgrange looks more like a job of work, so to speak, in the sense that, you know, there's a certain integration in the way it was built. And Newgrange, the actual mound at Newgrange is surrounded by a circle of standing stones.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

And in the case of Stonehenge, it's very interesting there that we know that Stonehenge evolved, you know, from the different phases of activity there and so on. Newgrange looks more like a job of work, so to speak, in the sense that, you know, there's a certain integration in the way it was built. And Newgrange, the actual mound at Newgrange is surrounded by a circle of standing stones.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

And these standing stones, we assume it was a circle, only some of them remain. But the diameter across those standing stones is approximately the same as the diameter across Stonehenge, you know, the enclosing henge there, you know. And it would appear that the evolution of Stonehenge encapsulates more or less the same timeframe as the evolution of Newgrange as a place.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

And these standing stones, we assume it was a circle, only some of them remain. But the diameter across those standing stones is approximately the same as the diameter across Stonehenge, you know, the enclosing henge there, you know. And it would appear that the evolution of Stonehenge encapsulates more or less the same timeframe as the evolution of Newgrange as a place.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

And these standing stones, we assume it was a circle, only some of them remain. But the diameter across those standing stones is approximately the same as the diameter across Stonehenge, you know, the enclosing henge there, you know. And it would appear that the evolution of Stonehenge encapsulates more or less the same timeframe as the evolution of Newgrange as a place.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

In the sense that Stonehenge began quite early, there was earlier activity on the site, and then it evolved into the great monument we know today. Now that is later the Newgrange. But the actual site itself and its use as a special place would be around the same time as Newgrange, possibly even earlier in some cases. So I'm not sure that's slightly complicated.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

In the sense that Stonehenge began quite early, there was earlier activity on the site, and then it evolved into the great monument we know today. Now that is later the Newgrange. But the actual site itself and its use as a special place would be around the same time as Newgrange, possibly even earlier in some cases. So I'm not sure that's slightly complicated.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

In the sense that Stonehenge began quite early, there was earlier activity on the site, and then it evolved into the great monument we know today. Now that is later the Newgrange. But the actual site itself and its use as a special place would be around the same time as Newgrange, possibly even earlier in some cases. So I'm not sure that's slightly complicated.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

But, you know, I think I would like to give credit to Stonehenge, so to speak, as well as Newgrange.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

But, you know, I think I would like to give credit to Stonehenge, so to speak, as well as Newgrange.

The Ancients
Prehistoric Ireland: Newgrange

But, you know, I think I would like to give credit to Stonehenge, so to speak, as well as Newgrange.