Newgrange

On the 25th of November my Art class at school went on a fieldtrip to Newgrange in county Meath. It took us about 3 hours on a coach which wasn't all that bad. When we got to the visitors centre we were shown a video on the hisory of the site and then we had a look around the museum. It was all quite interesting and well laid out.
The visitors centre though, is a small bus trip away from the monument itself. There was a small walk over the Boyne river and then about a 5 minute bus journey from there.

Now I have to say that I was expecting Newgrange to be a fair bit bigger than it actually is. The tour around and inside was only about 10 minutes long but I enjoyed every minute. The tour guide was very pleasant too.

We found out some interesting facts aswell. Did you know that Newgrange is 5000 years old, making it older than Stonehenge and some of the pyrimids in Egypt? Now that is cool! But what I found most facinating was the 200 year old graffiti carved into the stones on the inside. Myself and some friends were trying to find the oldest writing and found a note, signed, with the date 1819 written beside it. It's amazing to know that people from all those years ago stood where we stood.

Overall I enjoyed the day. The surrounding scenery of Newgrange is beautiful and we also got a look around Navan at the end of the day. It has a Marks and Spencers! Coming from the west of Ireland...that was a great thing to see!
So I would definately recommend a family day out to Newgrange. Well worth the money. And you get to touch 200 year old graffiti! Who wouldn't enjoy that?

I gave this Historical Site a Rhi-Rating of 4/5

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