Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/673 Newgrange
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/674 Entrance Stone (note tri-spiral on left, unique to Newgrange)
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/675 Wooden circle of enclosed village next to Newgrange (later)
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Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/678 A decorated curbstone
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/679 Little mound in next field - there are 2 such little mounds either side of Newgrange, making 5 in a nearly straight line
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/681 Entrance Stone (as 674)
Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/682 Entrance showing roof box (unique to Newgrange)
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Photo /users/aendr/cheshirecat/684 Close up of roof box. This lined up with the horizon and the floor of the tomb chamber (the passageway having risen about 2 metres in height.) The 2 days before, day and 2 days after the winter solstice, the sun can shine through the roof box illuminating the passageway with the only direct sunlight it ever gets... unless it's cloudy.