Ancient site · Ireland · Partial ruin
Hill of Tara
The Hill of Tara is a grassy hilltop complex of prehistoric and early historic monuments near Skryne, County Meath, Ireland, long associated with the inauguration of Ireland's High Kings. The site comprises multiple earthworks, burial mounds, a passage tomb, round enclosures and a standing stone within a broad ceremonial landscape.
Its prime
50 BC
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 50 BC
The shape it held in its prime.
A broad, low grassy hill threaded by concentric earthen banks and ditches; scattered low rounded burial mounds and a central dome-like passage tomb rise from the turf. A single upright standing stone stands on a raised seat amid the enclosures. Much of the ground is short green grass and packed earth, with worn trackways and a distant skyline visible from the summit. Timber posts once ringed the highest ground; their positions read as regular clearings in the turf.
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8 places to explore in 50 BC.
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Families who held Hill of Tara.
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Uí Néill
Ceremonial seat of the Uí Néill from the fifth century, when Niall of the Nine Hostages displaced the Laigin from Tara.
The Tara estate was inherited by British Prime Minister John Russell in the 19th century.
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