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A collection of 101 facts about Ireland's most famous monument, the megalithic passage-tomb of Newgrange, located in the Boyne Valley in County Meath, Ireland.
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The mountain of Slieve Gullion is mentioned many many times in the ancient Irish battle epic, the Táin Bó Cuailnge, as Sliabh Cuilinn. There is a lake at the top of the mountain, known as the "Lake of Sorrow", or the Calliag Bheara's lake. There are two cairns either side of the lake.
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An exploration of Newgrange, Knowth, Dowth, Tara, Loughcrew and other ancient sites of Ireland in the context of art, astronomy, mythology and archaeology.
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Carnbane West at Loughcrew has a higher concentration of remains than Carnbane East, with a total of two large cairns and ten smaller ones still extant on the summit.
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The archaeology, mythology and astronomy of the Hill of Tara. This site includes an interactive map of the monuments and a photo gallery.
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Researchers have put forward an interesting theory which may explain the apparently unusual orientation of the eastern and western passages at Knowth.
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Dowth was extensively excavated (and damaged) during excavations by the Royal Irish Academy in the 1840s.
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There is some quite intricate megalithic art inside Newgrange, including the world famous "triple spiral" on an orthostat in the end recess of the chamber.
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A 12-mile high warrior figure in the ancient road system near the famous Brú na Bóinne megalithic sites of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. Could this be a representation of Cúchulainn, the Irish Orion?
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This site at Brú na Bóinne was excavated in the early 1960s by George Eogan.
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The megalithic dolmen at Proleek, located in the legendary Cooley Peninsula, is one of the finest examples in Ireland, and is widely photographed and documented.
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A huge Irish monument once dubbed Ireland's "Stonehenge", may at one time have been a "school of astronomy", where ancient skywatchers studied the risings of various heavenly bodies during the year.
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A gallery of photographs of Carnbane East at Loughcrew taken on Winter Solstice. Including photos from Inside Cairn T.
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A page about the ancient Hill of Slane including a picture of the barrow.
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All about the Hill of Slane - its monuments, including the ancient Mound of Slaine, and the barrow, plus more recent Christian era structures.
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Fourknocks: ground plan, finds, photos of art work, alignments and astronomy.
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Interesting alignments at Barnaveddoge, plus nice photographs.
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Local researchers have discovered the Baltray standing stones have a Winter Solstice alignment, confirmed in local mythology.
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One of these stones looks like a star map.
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