Solar Eclipse Newgrange,Ireland

Solar Eclipse Newgrange,Ireland
Newgrange in County Meath is a 5200 year old ancient temple with a passage tomb, which makes it older than Stonehenge and the Great Pyramids of Giza.
Irish sacred sites such as the world-famous Newgrange cairn, aligned to the morning’s rising sun tell us that over 5,000 years ago, the winter solstice was important enough to build a temple to this poignant solar event.
The roof-box, as the structure is now called, is situated over a small gap, 20 to 25cm wide, between the first two roofslabs of the passage. It is through this slit that the rays of the rising sun penetrate to the chamber at the time of the midwinter solstice. The roof-box is 90cm high, 1m wide, and 1.2m from front to back.
In many traditions, winter solstice, also known as midwinter and the festival of yule, is a time for rituals and celebrations. On the island of Ireland, the ancient ancestors who built Newgrange saw winter solstice as a turning point in which reverence of the vital energies of darkness and lightness were celebrated.