Built some 5,300 years ago, this holy place
is one of the oldest built structures in the world. Known in Gaelic as Uaimh
na Gréine, 'the cave of the sun', Newgrange is a pagan monument,
with a vaulted roof and a cruciform design. Its history is interwoven with
intriguing myths and the mysteries of its construction. The lore of its
past calls ever-growing numbers of visitors to this chamber of light. Newgrange
is at the centre of an entire Boyne valley megalithic culture and religious
ritual.
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