Newgrange cursus

The Newgrange cursus is a Neolithic monument that constitutes part of the Brú na Bóinne complex in Ireland.

The cursus is barely visible today but extended around 100 m from the valley of the River Mattock to climb the ridge occupied by the Newgrange tomb. Here it is rounded off by a terminal bank. The cursus was around 20 m wide. It is uncertain whether the cursus predates or post-dates Newgrange but may have been contemporary with four henges in the lower part of the river bend and is positioned so as to be potentially used as a ceremonial approach towards (or away from) these later monuments.

External links

Image of the remnant cursus

Sources

Lewis-Williams, D and Pearce, D, Inside the Neolithic Mind, Thames and Hudson, London, 2005, ISBN 0-500-05138-0

World Heritage Sites in Ireland

Brú na Bóinne	Dowth Knowth Newgrange Monknewton Newgrange cursus Townleyhall passage grave

Others	Skellig Michael

Tentative list	The Burren The Historic City of Dublin The Céide Fields and North West Mayo Boglands Western Stone Forts The Monastic City of Clonmacnoise and its Cultural Landscape Early Medieval Monastic Sites (Clonmacnoise, Durrow, Glendalough, Inis Cealtra, Kells, and Monasterboice) The Royal Sites of Ireland: (Cashel, Dún Ailinne, the Hill of Uisneach, the Rathcroghan Complex, and the Tara Complex)

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