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The passage tombs of the Ancient East
In the Boyne Valley of County Meath, an hour north of Dublin, lies a prehistoric landscape that’s one of the most archaeologically important in Europe. Older than Stonehenge and the pyramids of Egypt, Newgrange is Ireland’s neolithic headliner – every year on the winter solstice, people gather to see a perfect shaft of sunlight beaming through the 5,000-year-old passage tomb at sunrise in precise astronomical alignment. Along with the neighbouring…
