An astonishing ancient tomb is Ireland's most famous prehistoric monument; Newgrange. Tristan Hughes is joined by Dr Muiris O’Sullivan, an expert on the many Stone Age monuments of Ireland, including Newgrange, and they revel in the astonishing construction techniques used by ancient builders over 5,000 years ago and the intricate rock art such as the triple spiral, which has an intriguing backstory.Archeology is slowly revealing the people who built this fascinating structure, their use of sacred landscapes, and the DNA evidence linking them to other Stone Age communities.Presented by Tristan Hughes. Audio editor is Nick Thomson, the producer is Joseph Knight. The senior producer is Anne-Marie Luff.All music courtesy of Epidemic SoundsThe Ancients is a History Hit podcast.See the treasures of Newgrange in the new History Hit documentary; Prehistoric Ireland: Secrets of the Stone Age now. Sign up to History Hit for this and more original documentaries, with a new release every week and ad-free podcasts. Sign up at https://www.historyhit.com/subscribe. You can take part in our listener survey here: https://insights.historyhit.com/history-hit-podcast-always-on
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Deep in the verdant countryside, overlooking a sacred river, stands Ireland's most famous prehistoric monument. An enormous tomb made of stone and earth, built more than 5,000 years ago. This stunning tomb lies at the heart of a special landscape known as Bruna Bòinne, the postal monument in a valley of Stone Age marvels. Its name is Newgrange. It's the Ancients on History Hit.
I'm Tristan Hughes, your host. Today we're exploring this wonder of the Stone Age world that is Newgrange. There is still lots of mystery surrounding this massive passage tomb that has endured for five millennia. But thanks to the tireless work of archaeologists over the past decades, well, many of Newgrange's astonishing secrets have started to be revealed.
It is a fascinating structure situated at the heart of an equally fascinating landscape of the utmost prehistoric importance. And it's also the subject of a brand new documentary presented by myself that has just dropped on History Hit. It's called Prehistoric Ireland, Secrets of the Stone Age. So do check that out if you want after listening to this episode.
Our guest for this episode is Dr. Marish O'Sullivan, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at University College Dublin. Marish is an expert on the many Stone Age monuments of Ireland, including Newgrange. He also features in our new documentary on the subject, so it felt right to have him on as our expert for this accompanying Ancients episode.
The story of Newgrange is one of stones and spirituality, of megaliths and mythology, of river travel and rock art. So let's get into it. Murrish, it is great to have you on the podcast. It's good to see you again. Thank you very much, Tristan.
It's very nice to be here as well.
Now, not only, in my opinion, are you the unofficial winner of the smoothest Irish accents that I've ever heard, but you are also an expert on Newgrange. And surely this is one of the, if not the most famous prehistoric site in Ireland?
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