building newgrange

Nope, it is still going. The history behind Newgrange is actually quite fascinating. It was built prior to the pyramids, Great Wall of China, Mayan/ Aztec buildings and the invention of the wheel! The stones were brought from the 'surrounding areas', which means the men moved tons of stone up and down hills for 85 km. That is not an easy feat so the academics hypothesize that the men would cut down trees in their way and use the logs to roll the stones up and down the hills. They also speculate that it took 85 men just to move one stone and that it may have taken 40 years just to build these ancient tombs. I was impressed, but an English couple from Cornwall told me that England has several smaller versions of Newgrange and Stonehenge so they were only impressed with the size rather than the invention. Time to check again...