spiral inside Newgrange categorise the range of motifs which
make up the decoration on the stones of Newgrange. These
categories are: circles, spirals, arcs, serpentiforms, dot-in-
circles, zigzags (chevrons), lozenges, radials or star shapes,
parallel lines, and offsets all the categories of motif, the
most common at Newgrange are lozenge and zigzag (chevron). The
lozenge is most prominent in the interior of the site. his study
of "Megalithic Art in Ireland", Muiris O'Sullivan points out
that by decorating the convex surface of the entrance kerbstone,
Kerb 1, with a "curvilinear" arrangement, the artist has managed
to make the stone look "considerably more massive" than it
actually is. the presence of some of the most beautifully and
intricately designed kerbstones (e.g. K1 and KI52), the kerb art
at Newgrange does not match that of Knowth in terms of volume
and overall grandeur. majority of decorated passage-mounds,
accounting for more than four-fifths of the decorated stones,
are located in Co. Meath, inclu