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Newgrange is the main monument in the Brú na Bóinne complex, a World Heritage Site that also includes the passage tombs of Knowth and Dowth, as well as other henges, burial mounds and standing stones. [3] Newgrange consists of a large circular mound with an inner stone passageway and cruciform chamber.
Newgrange, once a year, at the winter solstice, the rising sun shines directly along the long passage into the chamber for about 17 minutes and illuminates the chamber floor. [20] (Generally accepted). [2] [3] It was built during the Neolithic period, around 3200 BC, making it older than Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.
O'Kelly wrote several books for public understanding on the history and importance of Irish sites, and her content is used for the website of Newgrange, for example, even today. Her significance in archaeology and history was recognised when she was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London in 1984.
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It probably originated from an area that once was a pond, now dried-up, and advances east-west, sloping upwards, to the north of the Newgrange ridge. The southern end of the track is closed off by a U-shaped terminal. Approximately 100 m of the prehistoric track exists today. [1]
Newgrange won the Grade 3 Sham Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday, but Bob Baffert-trained thoroughbreds are ineligible for Kentucky Derby points.
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