%0 Journal Article %A Doble, Rick %D 2016 %T Neolithic Fertility Symbolism During the Winter Solstice at the Newgrange Passage Tomb in Ireland %U https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Neolithic_Fertility_Symbolism_During_the_Winter_Solstice_at_the_Newgrange_Passage_Tomb_in_Ireland/3443606 %R 10.6084/m9.figshare.3443606.v1 %2 https://ndownloader.figshare.com/files/5407619 %K Newgrange Passage Tomb %K neolithic period %K fertility rituals %K winter solstice %K Anthropology %K Archaeology %K History %K Psychology of Religion %X A number of researchers have suggested that the winter solstice alignment at the Newgrange Passage Tomb in Ireland had a fertility purpose. In this article I build on the knowledge of many experts to arrive at a possible reason for the monument and its meaning to these Neolithic people. %I figshare