Loughcrew cairns, ancient Ireland

AIRVŪZ STAFF NOTE : AirVuz contributor Drone Photography Ireland created this stunning drone video of an important ancient site in Ireland called Loughcrew. Situated in County Meath in the eastern part of the island, the area is known for its hilltop tombs which sit atop a prominent hill. It's what is known as a passage tomb, one of four such sites identified in Ireland. The tombs date to the 4th millennium BC - over 5,000 years ago. The area including the tombs and the hill is known as Slieve na Calliagh, and it's a protected national site.

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In a landscape of inspiring beauty and intriguing history, the cairns at Loughcrew form the largest complex of passage graves in Ireland, much older than the better known Newgrange. The Cairns are megalithic structures originally built about 4000 bc as burial chambers