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Passage Tomb Chamber, Newgrange (Images)
The great mound of Newgrange, 85m in max. dim. and 11m H, is delimited by a megalithic kerb. It covers a cruciform passage-tomb, 24m long, opening to SE. The chamber is roofed with a fine corbelled vault. There are two stone basins in NE recess; the others contain single basins. The 'roof box' above, some 2.4m back from the passage entrance, permits rays of the rising sun at midwinter solstice to …
Creator
- The Discovery Programme
Publisher
- The Discovery Programme
Subject
- National Monuments in State Care
- Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
- archaeological sites
- archaeology
- national monuments
- megalithic chamber tombs
- Archaeological site
- Archaeology
Type of item
- Image
Medium
- Stone
- Stone
Creator
- The Discovery Programme
Publisher
- The Discovery Programme
Subject
- National Monuments in State Care
- Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
- archaeological sites
- archaeology
- national monuments
- megalithic chamber tombs
- Archaeological site
- Archaeology
Type of item
- Image
Medium
- Stone
- Stone
Providing institution
Aggregator
Intermediate provider
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights
- Copyright © The Discovery Programme
Temporal
- Neolithic Period
Places
- Passage Tomb Chamber, Newgrange
Provenance
- Phase-based Terrestrial Laser Scanning. Phase based terrestrial laser scanning using a Faro Focus 120 laser scanner.The instrument quotes the following specification: Distance accuracy up to ±2mm. Range from 0.6m up to 120m. Measurement rate up to 976,000 points/sec. Intensity & RGB. Integrated colour camera. Photorealistic 3D colour scans with up to 70 megapixels. Parallax-free colour overlay.
Identifier
- http://3dicons.dcu.gr/object/HA/1539
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-28T10:56:41.005Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2024-08-19T11:25:33.309Z