Coldwaterjohn's photos with the keyword: NewGrange

The controversial quartz and ovoid boulder reconstructed facade at Newgrange

The controversial quartz and ovoid boulder reconst…

Coldwaterjohn
27 May 2013 169
On excavation, the white quartz and ovoid boulders were found lying like a path, under the collapsed mound, but it was contended by the leading archaeologist, that it had been an impressive glittering wall facing the south-east rising sun, which had collapsed as the mound itself flowed downhill...
Replica of the Flint mace found at Newgrange

Replica of the Flint mace found at Newgrange

Coldwaterjohn
27 May 2013 102
The Newgrange Mace
The entrance stone at Newgrange

The entrance stone at Newgrange

Coldwaterjohn
27 May 2013 99
It is theorised that these familiar whorls on neolithic rock art are derived from the hallucinogenic effects induced by magic mushrooms and other psychotropic substances well-known to our neolithic ancestors. They appear on Neolithic rock art from Portugal to the Orkneys. Any aging hippies out there care to confirm?