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Newgrange aerial images

Photographs of Newgrange taken from a helicopter in 2001, showing the mound, white quartz facade and surrounding Boyne Valley fields.

Wide aerial of Newgrange on a rise above Boyne Valley fields, with white quartz facade facing the camera and sheep in the foreground. Newgrange photographed from a helicopter in 2001.
Aerial view of Newgrange entrance with quartz facade, standing stones on the lawn and a path leading to the doorway. Newgrange photographed from a helicopter in 2001.
Closer aerial of Newgrange mound and curved white quartz wall with kerbstones and standing stones before the entrance. Newgrange aerial photograph, 2001.
Aerial view of Newgrange passage tomb showing the grass-covered mound, quartz facade, roof box and entrance path. Newgrange megalithic passage tomb aerial photograph.

Newgrange, World Heritage Site

Newgrange is a 5,200-year-old passage tomb in the Boyne Valley in Ireland's Ancient East. Newgrange has been designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO. The mound is 85 m (279 ft) in diameter and 13 m (43 ft) high, an area of about 1 acre. The passage and chamber are aligned with the rising sun on the mornings around the winter solstice.

Archaeologists classified Newgrange as a passage tomb, but it is now recognised to be much more than that. Ancient temple is a more fitting description: a place of spiritual, religious and ceremonial importance, much as present-day cathedrals are places of prestige and worship where dignitaries may be laid to rest.

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