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While sixteen lucky were preparing to witness the winter solstice from inside the chamber at Newgrange, another intimate gathering of 100 people, from all walks of life were meeting on the other ...
it was too late to fully illuminate the Neolithic tomb's central chamber but that did not dampen the spirits of the largest crowd to attend the Winter Solstice at Newgrange in over ten years.
The annual solstice gathering also took at Newgrange in Co Meath, a Neolithic passage tomb which dates to 3,200BC, and a lucky group witnessed the flooding of light into the inner chamber.
A passage tomb is a burial chamber usually set within a circular mound that is accessible via a passage – those at Newgrange and Slieve Gullion are estimated to be about 5,000 years old., ...
called Newgrange, is more than 5,000 years old and features a 19m-long (62ft) passage. It's believed to have been built by Stone Age farmers. The passage leads to a chamber with three alcoves.
Those who made their way to Newgrange were not disappointed ... It illuminated the passageway and inner chamber of the Stone Age tomb, as it has done on the winter solstice for thousands of ...
Crowds gathered from early on Saturday at Newgrange in Co Meath to honour the Celtic tradition of marking the winter solstice on the shortest day and longest night of the year. Newgrange is a ...