This month, the National Monuments Services (NMS) of the Department of Heritage and the OPW re-commenced their archaeological research programme to obtain further information on this phenomenon, measuring and monitoring the movement of the sunlight coming through the roof box. The solar alignment of the tomb at Newgrange to face the rising sun on the winter solstice is a significant astronomical finding, originally re-discovered by Professor Michael J O’Kelly in 1967.Īnalysis of high-resolution imagery taken during last year's event adds to the body of evidence that the solar illumination of the tomb was intentional, the OPW said. “Watching the light creep into the 5,000-year-old passage tomb in real time is a moving event that has the power to fill us both with wonder at the ancient architects’ ingenuity and with hope for the future,” he added.
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