Brú na Bóinne, also called the Boyne Valley tombs, is an ancient monument complex and ritual landscape in County Meath, Ireland, located in a bend of the River Boyne. It is one of the world's most important Neolithic landscapes, comprising at least ninety monuments including passage tombs, burial mounds, standing stones and enclosures. The site is dominated by the passage tombs of Newgrange, Knowth and Dowth, built during the 32nd century BC. Together these have the largest assemblage of megalithic art in Europe. The associated archaeological culture is called the "Boyne culture".
Brú na Bóinne is also an important archaeoastronomical site; several of the passage tombs are aligned with the winter solstice and equinoxes. The area continued to be a site of ritual and ceremonial activity in the later Bronze Age and Iron Age.
Brú na Bóinne Visitor Centre:
Feb - Apr, Oct: Daily 9.30 - 17.30.
May, Mid - End Sep: Daily 9.00 - 18.30.
Jun - Mid Sep: Daily 9.00 - 19.00.
Nov - Jan: Daily 9.00 - 17.00.
Last admission to the Visitor Centre is 45 minutes before closing.
Admission fees vary according to the type of exhibition, please check the official website.
Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brú_na_Bóinne
Official Website https://www.heritageireland.ie/en/MidlandsEastCoast/BrunaBoinneVisitorCentreNewgrangeandKnowth/
UNESCO website http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/659
Info http://www.heritageireland.ie/en/midlands-eastcoast/brunaboinnevisitorcentre/
Address A92 EH5C, Ireland
Coordinates 53°41'36.644" N -6°26'57.339" E