Dolmen

court carin

Creevykeel, Co. Sligo

Passage grave

Roofbox

Kerbstone

Newgrange, Co. Meath

Knowth, Co. Meath

Dowth, Co. Meath

Fourknocks, Co. Meath

Tara, Co. Meath

Loughcrew, Co. Meath

River Boyne

Winter solstice (December 21)

Necropolis

Corbeled vault

Zigzags

Lozenges

Arcs

Diamonds

Chevron

Orthostats

Megaliths

Stonehenge, Salisbury Plains, England

Skara Brae, Orkney Islands

Domestic architecture in stone

Newgrange

Mytholical Cycle

Tuatha de Danaan

Bru

Bru na Boinne (Newgrange)

Elcmar. 1st inhabitant of Newgrange married Boand (personification)

Dagda, next proprietor of Bru Lord of Great Knowledge sky god (sun god, perhaps)

Dowth(Dubad)

Knowth(Cnogba)

Dindshenchas

Mycenae (1600 - 1100 BCE)

Treasury of Atreus

Death masks

Shaft graves

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