Newgrange

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf historic site
gptkbp:alignment winter solstice sunrise
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Aengus
gptkb:Dagda
gptkb:Tuatha_Dé_Danann
Neolithic period
Irish mythology
gptkbp:built circa 3200 BC
gptkbp:contains gptkb:cemetery
kerbstones
megalithic art
passage
gptkbp:country gptkb:Ireland
gptkbp:diameter about 80 meters
gptkbp:discoveredBy 1699
gptkbp:distanceFromLondon about 50 km
gptkbp:entranceStone decorated with spirals
gptkbp:excavatedBy gptkb:Michael_J._O'Kelly
1962–1975
gptkbp:hasVisitorCenter gptkb:Brú_na_Bóinne_Visitor_Centre
gptkbp:height about 13 meters
gptkbp:heritageDesignation gptkb:UNESCO_World_Heritage_Site
1993
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Newgrange
gptkbp:location gptkb:County_Meath
gptkbp:managedBy gptkb:Office_of_Public_Works
gptkbp:material gptkb:stone
granite
quartz
earth
gptkbp:nearby gptkb:River_Boyne
gptkbp:notableFeature corbelled roof
megalithic art
roof box
gptkbp:numberOfArticles 1 main passage
gptkbp:numberOfKerbstones 97
gptkbp:numberOfRooms 1 main chamber
gptkbp:openToPublic yes
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Brú_na_Bóinne
gptkbp:roofBoxFunction illuminates chamber at winter solstice
gptkbp:shape circular mound
gptkbp:significance older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids
gptkbp:style megalithic art
gptkbp:touristAttraction yes
gptkbp:type passage tomb
gptkbp:UNESCOWorldHeritageSite gptkb:Brú_na_Bóinne
gptkbp:usedFor gptkb:cemetery
gptkb:ritual
astronomer
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:National_Monument_of_Ireland
gptkb:Meath
gptkb:Passage_grave
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5