Newgrange s recently uncovered neighbour is being preserved for future generations
Digging at the site has been delayed due to the pandemic. By Nicky Ryan Monday 21 Dec 2020, 6:45 AM Dec 21st 2020, 6:45 AM 36,631 Views 3 Comments Newgrange in all its glory. Source: Niall Carson/PA Images
IT’S HARD TO imagine how a passage tomb can be simply forgotten about.
These structures took unfathomable levels of manpower to construct in Neolithic Ireland and were sites of great importance.
But during the centuries between then and now, nature took its toll. The cairns covering some of these the tombs become overgrown with weeds, and then earth, until the previous grand burial site turns into nothing more than an unusual mound.