Newgrange is more a womb than a tomb

YOUR report headlined ‘Scramble to see the light at Newgrange’ (Irish Examiner, December 21) described Ireland’s greatest monument as a tomb.

Newgrange is more a womb than a tomb
Sat, 24 Dec, 2005 - 00:00

Despite official handouts and tourist leaflets, there is no evidence that Newgrange was ever a tomb.

The detailed description made by the polymath Edward Lhwyd in 1699 provides not the faintest clue that the interior of Newgrange contained burial matter.

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