14. Astronomical Features 

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There’s also another amazing feature that makes the Brú na Bóinne tombs so special. The tombs of Newsgrange, Knowth and Dowth were all built with the sky in mind. It just so happens that all of them were built to align with the equinoxes and solstices. Knowth aligns with the equinoxes, while Newgrange and Dowth point to the Winter solstice.

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