URPoint Details
Guided tours; audio-visual; coffee shop;, car park and toilets close to the site. Restricted disabled access.
Best known as the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, the Hill of Tara has been an important site since the Stone Age when a passage-tomb was constructed there.
Tara at the height of its power was a political and religious centre in the early centuries after Christ.
Hill of Tara (Irish: Cnoc na Teamhrach) (The Lia Fail - stone of Destiny - atop the Hill of Tara) stands at 197m or 646ft
- Type:
- Landmark
Activities
Walking, Hiking