Explore the map to locate Newgrange on world map, Newgrange is a primeval monument in Meath County in Ireland, situated on a upsurge overlooking the Boyne River, five miles (eight kilometres) west of Drogheda. Newgrange is an exclusively grand passage tomb constructed at the time of the Neolithic Period, about 3200 BC, considering it older than Egyptian pyramids and the Stonehenge. Newgrange is aligned on the solstice sunrise of winter. It is the preeminent monument in the Brú na Bóinne compound, a World Heritage Site that also comprises the passage tombs of Dowth and Knowth, along with other henges, standing stones and burial mounds.
