Newgrange

• Newgrange is Bronze Age Monument dating from c. 3,200 BCE and is a Unesco World Heritage Site.
• It is located near Dublin in Ireland.

 History

• It is older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramid of Giza.
• Newgrange is aligned with the Winter Solstice and acted as an Astronomical Device.
• The Sun enters the inner chamber for a total of 5 days, but it only penetrates and illuminates a rock carved with the Triple Spiral for 17 minutes on December 21st.
• Newgrange and burials on the Island of Lambay have produced various roman artifacts including roman coins.
• Knowth Tomb, nearby, is aligned East-West, and contains 200 stones with carved artwork. It has one third of all known Megalithic Art in Western Europe.

Similar Monuments

• Avebury
• Orkney Monuments
• Callanish Standing Stones
• Carnac
• Knowth Tomb
• Stonehenge

Newgrange, Ireland: