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Newgrange big draw at Winter Solstice Burial Chamber Co. Meath

Submitted by coldrum on Wednesday, 13 December 2006  Page Views: 4119

Neolithic and Bronze Age

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Country: Ireland (Republic of) County: Co. Meath Type: Burial Chamber or Dolmen

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Newgrange submitted by siunni9 : This image of the Newgrange passage tomb was taken October 16th 2005. It was such a wonderful experience to actually go into the passageway and view the interior of the mound :-) (Vote or comment on this photo)
From December 19 to 23 - if the weather cooperates - 20 lucky people a day will crowd into an ancient Irish monument's main chamber. There, they'll bathe in 17 minutes of light put off by the rising sun on the shortest days of the year. This year about 28,000 people applied to take part in the ritual at the Newgrange monument, located in the Irish countryside in County Meath.

According to Edwin Krupp, director of the Griffith Observatory in Los Angeles, California, the monument incorporates knowledge that could only have been gained through precise astronomical observations. "The people who built it knew about the winter solstice - knew when it occurred, knew where the sun would rise - and built a monument that took advantage of that event and incorporated it symbolically into the monument," he said.

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