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Winter Solstice sunrise at Newgrange

I was at Newgrange on three mornings around the winter solstice but cloudy skies meant that there was no sunlight to illuminate the passage and chamber of the great mound. I am very grateful to Anne-Maria Moroney who was at Newgrange on the 20th of December and has made these images available. Anne-Maria was studying the shadows from the standing stones around the mound.

Long shadow cast across the grass at Newgrange by a standing stone at winter solstice sunrise. Newgrange Winter Solstice sunrise.
Shadow line from standing stone GC 1 toward kerbstone K2 on the Newgrange mound at solstice sunrise. Newgrange Winter Solstice sunrise: Shadow GC1 to K2.
Standing stone casting a shadow toward kerbstone K96 at Newgrange on winter solstice morning. Newgrange Winter Solstice sunrise: Shadow GC-1 to K96.
Shadow from standing stone GC-2 aligned toward kerbstone K93 at Newgrange winter solstice sunrise. Newgrange Winter Solstice sunrise: Shadow GC-2 to K93.

Newgrange Winter Solstice Archive

Newgrange entrance and roof-box with lozenge carvings on the lintel as a shaft of sunlight enters the dark passage. The entrance and roof-box at Newgrange.

Newgrange Winter Solstice: National Monuments Service.

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