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Published: 2009-04-26 19:36:16 +0000 UTC; Views: 1634; Favourites: 32; Downloads: 83
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The kerbstone in front of Newgrange Passage grave. Features the famous triple spiral design (Life, death, rebirth??)This site is over 5000 years old, and the roof box over the doorway still works. Every December 21st (winter solstice), sunlight enters throught the roofbox and lights up the chamber. The beam o light reaches a stone basin at the end of the recess. The light lasts for 17 mins then leaves
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check out my painting of Newgrange on this site at
irish-artist-pauline.deviantarβ¦
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I was born Dec. 21. I would love to go to Newgrange on my birthday.
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Sorry for the late reply
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I couldn't believe it when my art teacher told me the class wasn't going to to see it!
I've wanted to go since I was 8!
And really nice shot, it's one of the first that I've actually been able to see the markings properly!
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Ahh im sorry to hear that! Its a amazing place t visit 
If you ever, ever can, go and see it ^^
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Beautiful, I love the contrast of soft flowing lines (the carvings and the outline of the stone) with the angular shape of the walls and rocks from which they're made. Just stunning! I imagine there must be an incredible 'feeling' of the history they hold; the people that made these places so long ago; the work that went into them and the importance of such places to these people. I wish there were such old sites here in New Zealand.
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Ahh i cannot describe the feeling of this place, it really is amazing ^_^ Inside it today are little carvings of peoples names from the 1800's, it actually really adds to it
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I can imagine
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Thank you
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Not during the solstice, but yeah. Also hit up Emhain Macha, but the touristy-bit was closed at the time.
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Thank so so much ^_^ we got to go into the mound, its amazing
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SO beautiful. I wish I could venture forth and see it for myself.
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O i would hugly encourage a trip there. Its brilliant
The killing thing to me now is that there trying to build a road about 500 yards from the mound...that will do serious damage to the site
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I heard about that! Sometimes I wonder just what in the hell people are thinking...
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Its older that the pyramids in Egypt, and nobody would dare build a road only yards away from that. Same with Stonehenge or The Coliseum. They even want to build a road at the Hill of Tara...Ireland's got some stupid people running it.....
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Its an amazing place ^^
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Ya, its a really beautiful sight, definatly one of the best in Ireland
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