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Newgrange

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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

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Mind Map on Newgrange, created by mreqj5 on 12/12/2014.
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