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Newgrange
Date Added: 24th Oct 2011
Site Type: Passage Grave
Country: Ireland (Republic of) (Co. Meath)
Visited: Yes on 1st Apr 2010. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 3
Newgrange submitted by McDeil on 8th Jan 2002. Entry at Newgrange showing massive carved stone which once blocked the entry. Not shown are the tourists who in Summer would queue for up to an hour to be taken through the tomb!
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Log Text: i disagree with the Condition/access numbers given. You simply have to ignore the bizarre facade and wooden staircases over the entrance-stone, but Newgrange is deservedly in the top 3 most visited irish tourist attractions. Given a half-hour slot on the minibus access, it's still a fabulous sight from inside - if you ignore the concrete butressing too. The winding country stroll from the space-age visitor-centre perhaps foreshadows the future of Stonehenge - in which case stonehenge would become england's newgrange!
(ps. i thought the outer stone circle was earlier than the tomb, not later.)