Newgrange photographed this morning.
Newgrange
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Sorry where's Newgrange?
Ireland
Newgrange World Heritage Site : Boyne Valley, Ireland
Newgrange in the Boyne Valley is a 5000 year old Passage Tomb famous for the Winter Solstice illumination which lights up the passage and chamber at sunrise
www.newgrange.com
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Did you take that piccy? It's beautiful
Many thanks Tony, I'm guessing this is linked to The Battle Of The Boyne which is marked on 12th July?
Although I am Irish by birth my Irish history is abysmal I'm afraid. I knew there was a battle of the Boyne (river/valley) but had to google the Newgrange stone age monument, though that type of history does now interest me far far more now than it ever did at school
captain clutterbuck
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Assume this Clannad song is to do with Newgrange?
No, not mine Tony. Its from Facebook
I've been down the passage tomb at Newgrange, though not during the solstice. So eerie and other worldly down there. The construction dates back to 3,200 BC
Tony would not like the place, 3,200 Before Coffee
captain clutterbuck
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....or 3200 Before Cornish [Pastie]
Marianna
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So is about 25% of mine, although it’s Northern Ireland, so that might not count. My BA is in history, but I didn’t develop any interest in the subject until later in life. Now it’s become a voracious interest in the ancient and modern history of the British Isles.Although I am Irish by birth my Irish history is abysmal I'm afraid. I knew there was a battle of the Boyne (river/valley) but had to google the Newgrange stone age monument, though that type of history does now interest me far far more now than it ever did at school