Bru na Boinne

The Boyne Valley, Bru na Boinne, was the cradle of Irish civilization. There are monuments, ring forts, passage graves and sacred enclosures from Neolithic times. Newgrange and Knowth are two monuments that predate the Egyptian pyramids and that can be only visited by tours run by Bru na Boinne Interpretive Centre. Newgrange was built around 3200 BC and the grave was left untouched by all invaders until it was rediscovered in 1699. It was first excavated in the 1960's.