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VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Practical Information
Road map D3. 8 km (5 miles)
E of Slane, Co. Meath. Tel 041 988
0300. Open May–Sep: 9am–
6:30pm (Jun–mid-Sep: 7pm)
daily; Oct–Apr: 9:30am–5:30pm
(Nov–Jan: 9am–5pm) daily; last
tour: 1 hr 45 mins before closing.
Closed 24–27 Dec. & ^ inside
tomb. 7 Brú na Boinne visitors’
centre only. 8 0 =
∑ newgrange.com
Restoration of Newgrange Transport
£ to Drogheda. @ to
Located on a low ridge north of the Boyne, Newgrange took
more than 70 years to build. Between 1962 and 1975 the Drogheda & Drogheda to Brú
passage grave and mound were restored as closely as possible na Boinne visitors’ centre.
to their original state.

Passage
At dawn on 21 December, a
beam of sunlight shines
through the roof box
(a feature unique to
Newgrange), travels along
the 19-m (62-ft) passage
and hits the central recess
in the burial chamber.

Entrance
Newgrange’s most elaborately
carved kerbstone stands just in
front of the entrance, forming
part of the kerb of huge slabs
around the cairn.

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