Newgrange |
This passage grave is actually an observatory
! On the shortest day of the year, the sun shines in through an opening
just above the entrance and lights up the chamber. And then it's dark
again until the same time the next year.... It dates from around 3200 BC. |
Above you see an ornamented kerb stone
in front of the entrance, and below is the one that is straight in the
opposite position, on the back of the grave. |
The second picture above shows a ruined
passage grave next to Newgrange. |
Look at these stones
from Orkney ! |
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