Controversy at Newgrange

The burial mound of Newgrange is a feat of ancient engineering accredited to the Neolithic farming community of the Brú na Bóinne. Designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1993, Newgrange and its neighbouring sites, Knowth and Dowth, form the major part of the Boyne Valley complex, and attract well over 200,000 visitors annually. More than just a repository for the bones of the dead, the burial mounds are thought to represent for the peoples who built them, a ritual space, perhaps a liminal...