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Robert Hensey . First Light: The Origins of Newgrange (Oxford: Oxbow Books, 2015, 210pp., 8 colour plates, 32 b/w figs, 1 table, pbk, ISBN 978-17-82979-51-7)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2017

Susan Greaney
Susan Greaney*
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Cardiff University—English Heritage, UK
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European Journal of Archaeology , Volume 20 , Issue 1 , February 2017 , pp. 187 - 189
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