Newgrange & Knowth
Access and tours
only available with OPW (Office of Public Works) guides
We do not provide guided tours to these sites
via the Bru na Boinne Visitor Centre,near Donore, Meath
this is signposted off the M1, Dublin to Belfast Motorway and the N2 Dublin to Derry road
Visitor Centre phone 00 353 041 988 0300
www.heritageireland.ie/en/midlandseastcoast/BrunaBoinneVisitorCentreNewgrangeandKnowth/
Note the Visitor Centre is south of the River Boyne whereas the monuments are north of the Boyne
Newgrange Tumulus
Above: Great mound of Newgrange and below, winter solstice sun rise at Newgrange
Newgrange entrance stone and quartz facade
Knowth Monument Complex
Above: Wooden Henge reconstruction at Knowth
Above Satalite cairn at Knowth
Rock art covers 261 stones at Knowth - that is nearly half of all the rock art in Ireland
Pictures taken by Martin of the Basin and Corbelled Roof - no public access to this area
Page last updated: 2nd Oct 2011
