NEWGRANGE & HILL OF TARA

Places worth visiting in Ireland

NEWGRANGE & HILL OF TARA

Newgrange is the best known Irish passage tomb and dates to c.3, 200BC.

The large mound is approximately 80m in diameter and is surrounded at its base by a kerb of 97 stones. The most impressive of these stones is the highly decorated Entrance Stone.

The Hill of Tara, located near the River Boyne, is an archaeological complex.

Runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland. It contains a number of ancient monuments, and, according to tradition, was the seat of Árd Rí na hÉireann, or the High King of Ireland. Recent scholarship claims that despite the rich narratives derived from mythologies, Tara was not so much a true seat of kingship, but a sacral site associated with kingship rituals.