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