The simulacra and simulations of Irish neolithic passage tombs

Abstract

'Newgrange looks amazing from the outside, but is blatantly too good to be true'(Cursuswalker 2004). 'They had rigged a spotlight up to simulate the sun shining through the lintel above the doorframe which was cool' (wee-malky 2003). 'I was not aware that it was now such a commercial venture⋯ Despite this it is still a tremendous place and makes you think again about the 'savages' that built it' (Fourwinds 2002). © 2006 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC.