Got out first thing this morning and drove to Bru Na Boinne - the site of several large 5000-year-old passage tombs and dozens of smaller ones. These are built so that the sun shines down the passage at the winter solstice and were also used for burials, or at least funeral-type ceremonies. Older than the pyramids and Stonehenge and very impressive. Lots of geometric carvings in the rocks too.
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| The Newgrange passage tomb - we got to go inside. |
Then we went on to the Battle of the Boyne site - an important battle between the Protestant King William of Orange and the Catholic King James II that decided the future of Ireland and Britain. We are learning so much about the history of the British Isles!!! Finally we found our way back to Trim and took a tour inside the Trim Castle. There are the walls all around and a huge cross-shaped keep in the middle - that is what we got to go all the way to the top off with an Irish guide who was really a character.
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| The Keep |
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| The stairs we climbed to the top of the keep!! |
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| One of the towers on the outer wall. |
Tomorrow we move on to Blair Atholl, Scotland, where the international Robertson Clan Gathering will be held this week. Not sure about internet access there in the Highlands but I will blog if I can.
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