New tomb and passage found at Newgrange

ARCHAEOLOGISTS who discovered a new passage tomb near Newgrange want it declared a national monument.

Using light detection and ranging imaging known as LiDar, an underground passageway and several other previously undetected features have been discovered near the river Boyne, Co Meath, on private land south-west of Newgrange.

The LiDar imagery showed a mound with a circular enclosure, while further work involving new technologies, known as magnetic radiometry and resistivity, unveiled a definite passage, leading northeast out of the newly discovered tomb. [...] herald.ie