Newgrange:

They believe that Newgrange was a place to house the dead. There are hundreds of mounds/tombs in this particular area, but none like the one that we went to.

I don't have a picture of it from far away, so you should def. google it, just to see the amazing construction of it...

This is the front of Newgrange. The stairs are recent, as they needed a way to get the tourists inside without having to climb over the rocks... The white granite, they believe that thats how it used to look. The roof is covered with grass. It was a few tons of dirt on top of it. When they found it, it was completley grown over and the walls were collapsed a bit, but they have reconstructed it to the best of their knowledge. The black rock, that is not original. It is just carved out to make room for the stairs.




Anyway. We went inside, down this long tomb, and it was amazing. The construction of the roof... wow. It has not leaked since it was built, which was like, 3100 - 2900 BC!!!

The coolest part of Newgrange...The front of it, is aligned with the winter solstice. So when the sun comes up, light shines down the hall way leading into the open cavity that we were in. I can't quite remember how long it stays lite, but I belive it was for something like 14 minutes. How COOL is that?!