A problem everywhere I expect; we had a particular rash of sites being damaged during COVID lockdown period, interestingly

*by which I mean inauguration site features

Egregious damage to the original entrance, which is effectively lost, and the trench excavated through the interior, which you can see in aerial footage. Thankfully the inaugural features of the site were unaffected I think.

Research shows that pig remains at Newgrange result from midwinter feasting conducted c.2600-2450 BC, centuries after the tomb had been closed off. Most of pigs slaughtered during mid-winter solstice after being fattened on acorns in oak forests in the preceding months. 2/3

Still, there's plenty to be cheered by too 😆

Similarly, where the hell are fair skinned gingers like me evolved for, in a pre sunscreen world? I can only assume beneath trees and mud covered. Sounds good tbh.

In my youth my mother once mixed up the calamine lotion with milk of magnesia. I had an upset stomach... It wasn't good.

It's a remote exposed upland area and on a different day I could have been in diffs as I was basically in shorts and a long sleeve top. Food for thought to never take the familiar short upland runs lightly. There's a 3 mile stretch of trail where I'll now forever be looking for that key 🫣😆

Liam sent this to me at dawn on the Solstice 🙂

Cover image from 'The ‘king’ of Newgrange? A critical analysis of a Neolithic petrous fragment from the passage tomb chamber' - Jessica Smyth et al.

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