Haven Nº 008 — Brú na Bóinne, County Meath
Newgrange
On five December mornings, the sun walks 62 feet into a 5,000-year-old tomb. A lottery decides who is inside.
The Boyne Valley
Five thousand years old, and aimed at one sunrise.
Newgrange was built around 3200 BC. On the mornings of December 18 to 22, if the sky is clear, the sunrise runs up its passage and lights the chamber for seventeen minutes. You visit it only through the Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre.
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