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Newgrange is a passage-grave in the Boyne Valley , in County Meath. Newgrange is Irelands most famous prehistoric monument , built about 500 years before the PYRAMIDS…..and a millenium before STONEHENGE !! Under a large mound some 280 feet in diameter and 36 feet high , a 66 foot long passage leads to a burial chamber 20 [...]

The Megalithic Passage Tomb at Newgrange was built about 3200 BC. The kidney shaped mound covers an area of over one acre and is surrounded by 97 kerbstones, some of which are richly decorated with megalithic art. The 19 metre long inner passage leads to a cruciform chamber with a corbelled roof. It is estimated [...]