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Wikipedia: Newgrange is a passage tomb of the Brú na Bóinne complex in County Meath. It is one of the most famous prehistoric sites in the world, and indeed the most famous of all Irish prehistoric sites. Newgrange was built in such a way that at dawn on the shortest day of the year, the winter solstice, a narrow beam of sunlight for a very short time illuminates the floor of the chamber at the end of the long passageway.
![[The entrance to Newgrange in 1905, when the mound had become largely overgrown.]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Bru_na_Boinne_Squire_s.jpg "The entrance to Newgrange in 1905, when the mound had become largely overgrown.")
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![[A picture of Newgrange]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Newgrange_s.jpg "A picture of Newgrange")
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![[View of the second passage entrance to Knowth]](http://images.ookaboo.com/photo/s/Knowth_entrance_to_second_passage_2010_s.jpg "View of the second passage entrance to Knowth")
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