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Saturday, 13 June 2015
Kerbstone 67 at Newgrange
This is kerbstone number 67 at Newgrange. It is one of only three highly-decorated stones - there are 99 kerbs in total. This is in stark contrast to Knowth, where there are many very ornately decorated slabs in a kerb of 127 stones. Most of the kerbs at Newgrange are composed of a stone called greywacke (also called green grit) and were sourced, according to archaeologists and geologists, at Clogherhead on the Co. Louth coast, some 20km journey by river and sea.
PS: The triple spiral partly visible on the very bottom right of the stone is a copyright watermark added to the image by me!
Labels:
67,
art,
Boyne Valley,
carvings.,
decorated,
Ireland,
kerb,
kerbstone,
megalithic,
Newgrange,
prehistoric
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