Stout, Geraldine

Newgrange and the Bend of the Boyne

Preface and Acknowledgements vi The Bend of the Boyne 2(16) The Prehistoric Landscape 18(44) Newgrange Passage Tomb 40(8) Knowth Passage Tomb 48(6) Dowth Passage Tomb 54(4) Newgrange Pit Circle 58(2) Monknewtown Henge 60(2) Heroes and Saints: The Early Historic Landscape 62(22) Landscape Development at Newgrange 82(2) Monks and Knights: The Medieval Landscape 84(22) Landscape Development at Monknewtown 104(2) `Briseadh na Boinne': Battles on the Boyne 106(18) Eighteenth-Century Economic Boom 124(22) Landscape Development at Oldbridge 144(2) Buildings in the Nineteenth-Century Landscape 146(20) Landscape Development at Donore 164(2) The Modern Landscape 166(14) Landscape Development at Dowth 178(2) The Challenge of Change 180(10) Boyne Valley Envisioned 190(16) Appendix 1 206(6) Endnotes and Bibliography 212(16) Index 228