Entry to Newgrange
From a distance.

External Rock Layers
Boring, but I had ten minutes.

County Meath
This is as close to scratch-and-sniff as they come.

Foundation Stone
One of the few around the periphery with carvings.

Continuing Around the Mound
A brief interruption of my geographical ennui.

The Mound, some Rocks, and the Meath Countryside
Meath is pronounced 'Meath'. Not 'Meat', for those who may be wondering.

Newgrange Entry Stone
Blah, blah, blah, megalithic, blah, blah, blah...

Newgrange Entry...
Closer up! And minus the staff.

The Mound
The entire structure from a distance.

The River Boyne
...from one side...

The River Boyne, Continued
and the other!

The Round Tower at Monasterboice
Think Glendalough, only on a nice day.

Detail from the Monasterboice High Cross
Close shot of the carvings.

Monasterboice High Cross Presents the New Testament!
Sunny side...

Monasterboice High Cross Presents...the Old Testament!
...and shady side.

Another Tower Shot.
With some very exciting rubble in the foreground, though!

Successive Crosses
You know, you here the same story about perspective drawing enough times, it starts to haunt you.

Another Cross, with the Tower
Not THE cross...just A cross.

Detail from the Cross Shaft
More carving detail.

The Cemetery at Monasterboice
You wouldn't think that the dead would be so photogenic.

Old Gravestone
Since there were so many from as recently as 2005, I was glad to find one from the 1700s.

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