Its always an amazing experience to visit Newgrange, to think this monument has survived 5000 years and the painstaking artwork created by the stone age farmers 3000 years before the birth of christ survives in such condition leaves me in awe everytime I visit. (And in 5000 years the roof has never leaked, take note the guys who built our house...)
From one of the richly decorated kerbstones that mark the outer edge of the mound
Bear in mind these people had no metal tools, using flint to carve the rock)
The entrance stone is astonishing:
Two of the the orthostats (standing stones) that remain, only a few of the massive rocks that made a stone cirlce bigger than Stonehenge remain:
The west side of the mound is faced with quartz to give it that whitewashed look that turns golden brown at sunrise and sunset, the kerbstones are also visible.
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From one of the richly decorated kerbstones that mark the outer edge of the mound
Bear in mind these people had no metal tools, using flint to carve the rock)
The entrance stone is astonishing:
Two of the the orthostats (standing stones) that remain, only a few of the massive rocks that made a stone cirlce bigger than Stonehenge remain:
The west side of the mound is faced with quartz to give it that whitewashed look that turns golden brown at sunrise and sunset, the kerbstones are also visible.
For more pics and info on Newgrange, check out:
http
/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showto...49&hl=newgrange
I cannot even imagine how long all that work would take. Beautiful pictures! 
I love looking at things like this. It must be amazing to see in person. 
