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Visitors Centre Brú
na Bóinne Visitors Centre is the starting point for guided tours of Newgrange
and Knowth the World Heritage Sites in the Boyne Valley.
Newgrange.com has details of
opening times, admission charges and facilities
There are a limited number of daily guided tours, to ensure your place arrive as close to the opening time as possible. As the day progresses, especially in the summer the waiting times get longer and the tours may be completely booked out by mid afternoon. Meath ToursDay Tours of Newgrange and the Boyne Valley, Hill of Slane, Battle of the Boyne site, Trim Castle, Hill of Tara, Loughcrew and other heritage sites in the County Meath area. Tailored tours for families and small groups. For Information and Prices emailCoach ToursJoin Mary Gibbons for a Day Tour of Newgrange and the Hill of Tara with a number of convenient pickup points in Dublin city. Tour run daily expect on Sunday, price of 35.00 Euro covers access to the actual Newgrange monument. Email your enquiry to Mary Gibbons Tours, you will be contacted to schedule and confirm your tour reservation. Payments are taken on the day of the tour.
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Newgrange is arguably one of the finest monuments of European pre-history. It was built during the Neolithic or New Stone Age more than 5000 years ago by a wealthy farming community that prospered on the rich lands of the Boyne Valley. Archaeologists classify Newgrange as a passage tomb, but for its builders, Newgrange was much more than simply a place of burial. It housed the spirits of their ancestors, providing a link for the living community to the world of their deities and serving as a focal point for ritual and celebration. Passage tombs, as the name implies, consist of a passage leading to a chamber where the remains of the dead (usually cremated) were placed. The passage and chamber are covered by a large mound of stones and earth, retained at the base by large kerbstones. The amount of time and labour invested in their construction tells us much about the well-organized societies and specialized groups responsible for different aspects of their construction. Newgrange is part of a large complex of monuments built along a bend of the River Boyne known collectively as Brú na Bóinne. The other two principal monuments are Knowth (the largest) and Dowth, but throughout the region there are as many as 35 smaller passage-tombs and many other sites of great archaeological importance and interest. More ... 
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