The UNESCO World Heritage Site measures 76m in diameter and covers over an acre, it is also older than Stonehenge and the oldest of the Egyptian pyramids by 600 years.
Newgrange is the most important of Ireland's archaeological treasures and can still be visited, on the shortest days of the year at sunrise by a lottery system, but at other times of the year by guided tour.
It was rediscovered around 1700 after centuries/millennia of neglect. These white stones were found around the base of the mound and were installed like this by archaeologists who seem to think this as how it most likely looked to the original builders.
And that would make sense, as the low sun strikes these stones the whole site gleams in the landscape.
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