Boyne Valley

County Meath contains some of the most important historic sites and monuments in Ireland, and is a designated World Heritage Site.It features the massive megalithic ancient passage tombs - which are graves dating back to ancient times - of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth. These tombs are older than both Stonehenge in England and the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.Newgrange, which was built about 5,000 years ago, is Ireland's most famous prehistoric site.

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