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Newgrange — Ireland’s Solstice Engine

Inside Newgrange, the Neolithic passage tomb aligned to the winter solstice. Explore its age, art, roof-box alignment, and the wider Brú na Bóinne landscape, with Carrowmore context.

Newgrange — Ireland’s Solstice Engine
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Newgrange at Brú na Bóinne, County Meath, is a Neolithic passage monument built around 3200 BCE. Its roof-box and passage are aligned so the rising sun floods the inner chamber at winter solstice. The wider ritual landscape includes Knowth and Dowth, with some of Europe’s richest megalithic art. Earlier megaliths exist in Ireland, notably Carrowmore in Sligo from the fourth millennium BCE. ResearchGate+4World Heritage Ireland+4UNESCO World Heritage Centre+4