Newgrange is a passage tomb, built in Ireland around 3200BC. On the winter solstice, Dec 21st, the sun shines through the passage to light up an underground chamber!
The remains of 1,000 massive stone burial sites, mainly from the Neolithic period, are scattered across Ireland. Most of these marvelous structures are over 5,000 years old. They were built out of ...
Best known for its work in designating and protecting World Heritage Sites - of which there are three on the island of Ireland ... known large passage tombs, Knowth, Newgrange, and Dowth ...
Newgrange, along with the prehistoric passage tombs of Dowth and ... the most important Neolithic sites in the world and contain the largest collection of megalithic art in western Europe.