Tara: An Archaeological Survey : Conor Newman : High Kings of Ireland

Tara : An Archaeological Survey

By Conor Newman

Published by Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, 1997. First Edition. Large hardback with glossy pictorial boards, 376 pages. Profusely illustrated.

CONDITION
A very good clean copy throughout. BOards and spine very good. Pages clean throughout. No names or writing. Very good.

The Hill of Tara is a hill and ancient ceremonial and burial site near Skryne in County Meath, Ireland. Tradition identifies the hill as the inauguration place and seat of the High Kings of Ireland; it also appears in Irish mythology. Tara consists of numerous monuments and earthworks—dating from the Neolithic to the Iron Age—including a passage tomb (the "Mound of the Hostages"), burial mounds, round enclosures, a standing stone (believed to be the Lia Fáil or "Stone of Destiny"), and a ceremonial avenue. There is also a church and graveyard on the hill. Tara forms part of a larger ancient landscape and Tara itself is a protected national monument under the care of the Office of Public Works, an agency of the Irish Government.

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