I just realized I never properly posted about my recent trip to Brú na Bóinne, esp Newgrange & Knowth. Since my notifs are already a wreck, let’s go! This site, at a bend in the Boyne River north of Dublin, was once thought to be the oldest evidence of human astronomical knowledge in Europe. 1/

The site was built approximately 5200 years ago, by Neolithic farmers. It contains 3 major mounds which are ‘passage tombs’, along with literally dozens of additional structures, some of which are only known fr aerial photography. The largest, Knowth, contains 250,000tons of rock & has 2 passages 2/

Newgrange and Knowth are amazing. I visited them a few years ago and it was incredibly awe-inspiring

My daughter and I went last summer, it takes your breath away. I would go again in a second.

@berriesofthunder.bsky.social interesting thread.