Newgrange

Newgrange

1. Form

   • Measurements
     • 11m high
     • 80m diameter
     • 19m passage
     • 5.5m diameter chamber
     • roof 6m above chamber
   • one main chamber
     • three side chambers
       • stone basins
         • bones
         • ashes
   • passage
     • lined with stones
       • 21 on right
       • 22 on left
       • roofed with stones
     • slopes gently upwards
   • roof
     • corbelled
       • large slaps overlapped
       • Tilt Downwards
       • capstone
       • corbel vaulting
         • slabs of flat stone are placed in layers which tilt inwards, reacing in beyond the stone slab below untill the space is sufficiently small to be closed by a capstone
     • groves on outer
       • channel rainwater away
   • kerbstones
     • 97 kerbstones
     • astronomical observations
   • Standing stones
     • 12 of 38 remain
     • undecorated and colossal

2. Decoration

3. Tecnique

4. Function