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	Corvus '02 - Mound of the Hostages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The name "Mound of the Hostages" derives from the custom of overkings like those at Tara retaining important personages from subject kingdoms to ensure their submission.
		One of the legendary kings of Tara was named Niall of the Nine Hostages in recognition of the fact that he held hostages from all the provinces of Ireland and from Britain.
		The passage at the Mound of the Hostages is short, and is aligned on the cross-quarter days of November 8 and February 4, the ancient Celtic festivals of Samhain and Imbolc.
	members.aol.com /corvusireland/hos.htm (234 words)

	Hill of Tara, Ireland - Mound of the Hostages
		The megalithic tomb called the Mound of the Hostages is the oldest monument on the Hill of Tara dating back to between 2500 B.C. and 3000 B.C. The passage, 4m in length and 1m wide, was subdivided by sillstones into three compartments each containing cremated remains.
		This stone may once have stood in front of the entrance to the passage and, like the two pillar-shaped stones that stand in front of both the eastern and western tombs at Knowth, it too may be contemporary with the tomb and belong to a tradition of erecting standing stones around or in passage tombs.
		Samhain Sunrise illuminates the Mound of the Hostages.
	www.knowth.com /tara.htm (469 words)

	Corvus '02 - Hill of Tara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		Early in the 20th century, a group of Isrealites came to Tara with the conviction that the Arc of the Covenant was buried in on the famous hill.
		Only two monuments were excavated - The Mound of the Hostages in the 1950's, and the Rath of the Synods at the turn of the 19th-20th Centuries.
		Formerly located just north of the Mound of the Hostages, it was moved to its current site after the Battle of Tara during the Irish revolution of 1798 to mark the graves of 400 rebels who died here.
	members.aol.com /corvusireland/tar.htm (552 words)

	Samhain sunrise - Mound of the Hostages - Tara
		Samhain sunrise - Mound of the Hostages - Tara
		The Samhain Sunrise in early November illuminates the chamber of the Mound of the Hostages on the Hill of Tara.
		The parallel lines are a shadow from the iron gate at the entrance to the mound.
	www.knowth.com /tara-samhain.htm (202 words)

	The Ark of The Covenant - Evidences \| 100777.com
		The Mound of The Hostages is the only mound that fits that description and the Dindsenchas tell us that it was built by Eochaidh mac Duach Temin who was Ard ri and the husband of queen Teia (Taillte/Tailtiu).
		The Mound of The Hostages is North-East of the Foradh, where the Lia Fail was kept and used for inaugurating the kings of Ireland for more than a thousand years after Teia's reign.
		The Mound of The Hostages is South of the Rath of the Synods.
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	Stones of Ireland - Tara
		Between the Mound of Hostages and the Banqueting Hall is a ringfort with three banks known as the Rath of the Synods.
		To the South of the Mound of the Hostages, inside the bank and the ditch of the so-called Royal Enclosure, stand two linked ringforts known as the Royal Seat and the Forradh.
		It once stood near the Mound of the Hostages, and it is said to be the stone of the coronation of the kings of Ireland.
	www.stonepages.com /ireland/tara.html (551 words)

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		The name 'The Mound of the Hostages' is only a thousand years old at most whereas the mound itself is over 5,000 years old.
		This mound surrounded by concentric banks is where the Lia Fail or 'Stone of Destiny' stands, beside a memorial tombstone for those who died in the failed 1798 rebellion.
		The short passage and chamber is quite small and in proportion with the rest of the mound, it has a small stone 'basin' at the rear and when excavated it was found to hold the remains of hundreds of people in the chamber, passage and also in the earthen mound.
	www.shadowsandstone.com /gallery/1206516 (547 words)

	UCD News
		From the Mound of the Hostages, Hill of Tara.
		The first sod of the excavation at the Mound of the Hostages was turned by Seán P. Ó Ríordáin, UCD Professor of Celtic Archaeology in the summer of 1955.
		This is a report on the archaeological excavations at the Mound of the Hostages (Duma na nGiall) on the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath, Ireland.
	www.ucd.ie /news/mar06/030306_mound_of_the_hostages.htm (1076 words)

	Sacred Places: The Temples of Ancient Nara
		Above the Mound of Hostages is the Fort of the Synods.
		The northern mound is where King Cormac as a young man defended a horse from having lost a leg for kicking a boy to death.
		The southern mound is the grave of women who were slain to death by King Dunlaing of Leinster in 222 A.D. Apparently, while the men were off the Hill of Tara, Dunlaing came and left all the women dead for the men to find on their return.
	www.arthistory.sbc.edu /sacredplaces/tara.html (1439 words)

	Luka Bloom Songs
		The most prominent and oldest monument on the hill is the Mound of the Hostages: on excavation, it proved to be a small passage grave dating to around 2000 BC.
		On the Hill of Tara there are the remains of many other earthworks: to the South of the Mound of the Hostages, inside the bank and the ditch of the so-called Royal Enclosure, stand two linked ringforts known as the Royal Seat and the Forradh.
		It once stood near the Mound of the Hostages and it is said to be the stone of the coronation of the kings of Ireland: it roared three times when the future king stood on it.
	home.planet.nl /~gelte013/ireland/kildare.html (2406 words)

	Wordwell Books
		This is a report on the archaeological excavations at the Mound of the Hostages on the Hill of Tara, County Meath, Ireland.
		The mound itself is a mantle of soil, approximately 1m deep, covering the cairn which encloses a passage tomb.
		Within the tomb the Neolithic deposits were disturbed as successive Early Bronze Age burials were incorporated, and in due course the burial activity spread out into the overlying mound so that approximately nineteen separate burials occurred in the earthen mantle, some of them accompanied by richly decorated pottery and other artefacts.
	www.wordwellbooks.com /book.php?id=424 (312 words)

	The Mound of Hostages \| Image by CianMcLiam \| The Modern Antiquarian \| The Mound of Hostages \| Image by CianMcLiam
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		The interior of the mound, the floor of the passage was of course strewn with 'offerings' and rubbish, removed what I could reach.
		Carvings are on the large stone on the left of the passage.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /post/43905 (57 words)

	Hill of Tara, Ireland
		To the north, still within the enclosure, is the "Mound of the Hostages," a passage grave dating from 1800 B.C. in which were found the remains of 40 cremated corpses.
		On their accession the kings of Tara were accustomed to take hostages from the noble families of their kingdom, in order to ensure their loyalty.
		After their death, certainly not always natural, they were buried in the Mound of the Hostages.
	www.planetware.com /tara/hill-of-tara-irl-m-hita.htm (357 words)

	Hill of Tara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		One of the many mounds on the hill when excavated, proved to be a Stone Age passage tomb dated to c.
		The Mound of the Hostages (Dumha na nGiall) is a Stone Age passage-tomb.
		This is a type of fortification typical of the Iron Age and therefore a much later structure than the Mound of the Hostages.
	users.bigpond.net.au /kirwilli/dolmen/tara.htm (609 words)

	Meath history - Heritage and historical attractions in Meath
		It is the Mound of the Hostages, which, on excavation, proved to be a small Passage-tomb (locked) having a narrow passage (with a decorated stone) leading to a small chamber.
		The mound stands in the northern part of a large enclosure surrounded by a bank with a ditch outside it.
		Formerly the mound was encircled by an outer ring of immense standing stones of which twelve remain.
	www.countymeath.com /meath_heritage_tara.htm (3871 words)

	Unpublished Excavations: IRON AGE BURIAL PRACTICES
		The Mound of the Hostages at Tara is a passage tomb with secondary Middle Bronze Age burials inserted into the external cairn.
		Megalithic art, in the form of a series of picked arcs and a pair of concentric circles with a central dot, was discovered on the front of the roof-slab of the central chamber and also inside the chamber itself.
		De Paor, M. 1957 ‘Mound of the Hostages, Tara, Co. Meath’, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society 23, 220-21.
	heritagecouncil.ie /archaeology/unpublished_excavations/section5.html (1839 words)

	Newgrange
		The Mound of The Hostages/Teamur was so called, because, before being covered with earth at a later date, it was the wall where the Palm (Teia Tephi) fasted; prayed and purified herself.
		Standing Stone GC-2, which stands on top of Bronze-age burial pits, was used along with Mound 6 to line-up Newgrange with Knowth, which is the oldest of the three cairns.
		Aengus' older brother; Aedh, Teia Tephi's firstborn; died whilst still a teenager and was buried in the passage of the Mound of The Hostages on Tara Hill, and so Aengus inherited the throne in his place.
	jahtruth.co.uk /newgr.htm (4655 words)

	megalithomania.com - Mound Of Hostages at Hill Of Tara - Passage Tomb - County Meath (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		megalithomania.com - Mound Of Hostages at Hill Of Tara - Passage Tomb - County Meath
		Today, the fence was not in place and the mound had recieved a short back, top and sides.
		Mound Of Hostages at Hill Of Tara - Passage Tomb - County Meath
	www.megalithomania.com /show_site.php?site_id=192 (328 words)

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		Duma na nGiall, or 'The Mound of Hostages,' is a Passage tomb believed to have been built around 2500 BC (Fig 1).
		Within this enclosure are the Mound of Hostages, as well as two linked ringforts known as Forradh (The Royal Seat) and Chormaic (The House of Cormac).
		Formerly located just north of the Mound of Hostages, it was moved to its present location in 1798 after the Battle of Tara to mark the graves of 400 Irish rebels who died there.
	www.nd.edu /~ikuijt/Ireland/Sites/mhygema/tara.htm (836 words)

	The Hill of Tara (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Mound of the Hostages is a 5000-year-old passage tomb and is the location of the story Fionn mac Cumhaill and the Burning of Tara.
		Kings, poets and heroes came to a great gathering (feis) at Tara every three years to make laws, settle disputes and review the poems and stories that every poet kept in his head.
		He stood on a wooden platform especially constructed for the occasion on top of the Mound of the Hostages.
	www.legendarytours.com /tara.html (352 words)

	The Stone of Destiny
		", or the Mound of the Hostages, which is the oldest structure at Tara, pre-dating the building of the Great Pyramid of Egypt by nearly a thousand years.
		The phallus-shaped stone stands some five and a half feet (1.7 metres) in height, and it is thought that approximately the same length exists underground as above.
		According to legend, the magical stone would roar when the rightful claimant to the kingship of Tara touched it, thereby conferring the approval of the ancient powers on his claim.
	www.taramagic.com /lia.html (180 words)

	Tara - Ancient Capital of Ireland
		Within the Mound of the Hostages, the oldest structure on the Hill of Tara.
		The oldest building at Tara is a small chambered cairn on the summit of the hill which is known as the Mound of the Hostages.
		The Lia Fáil, or Stone of Destiny, which now stands at the centre of a fort called the Forrad, was thought to have stood outside the entrance to the Mound originaly.
	www.carrowkeel.com /sites/tara/tara1.html (239 words)

	Motion Sickness
		Mound of the Hostages, with a view of the passage grave entrance and the Royal Enclosure in the distance.
		To be accepted as king, the candidate stood upon the inauguration stone, which "roared under the feet of kings."
		Looking northward from Royal Enclosure, with Mound of Hostages (near the center) and St. Patrick's Church (in the grove).
	www.speakeasy.org /~boerm/travels.html (510 words)

	Protect Tara
		They built the Mound of the Hostages, which is still in existence.
		"The chamber within Tara's Mound of the Hostages is perfectly aligned with the full moon of Lughnasa and the rising sun of Samhain and Imbolg"
		If it is true that Tara is a 'sacred place of power' then it is not surprising that every successive wave of ancient Irish rulers chose it as the central place of their rule.
	www.protect-tara.org /What.html (557 words)

	Hill of Tara, Attractions of Leinster, Ancient Ireland
		In the middle of the Forradh stands a phallic standing stone, which is one of the stones identified as the Lia Fáil (Stone of Destiny) at which the High Kings were crowned.
		To the north of the ringforts is a small neolithic passage tomb known as Dumha na nGiall (the Mound of the Hostages), which dates to ca.
		One of these structures, the Mound of the Hostages, has a short passage which is aligned with sunset on the true astronomical cross-quarter days of November 8 and February 4, the ancient Celtic festivals of Samhain and Imbolc.
	www.magicaljourneys.com /Ireland/ireland-interest-leinster-tara.html (987 words)

	TARA PILGRIMAGE 2005 (English)
		The intention is to block the M3 toll road being built within a three mile radius of the Mound of the Hostages, the centre of the 100 acre park on Tara Hill.
		To be held at The Mound of the Hostages from12:00
		To be held on the highest point of Tara at the Mound of the Hostages from12:00
	www.druidschool.com /site/1030100/page/471432 (3301 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This stone, known as Lia Fail, the Stone of Destiny, is located at the center of the mound known as Cormac's House which is part of the royal complex at Tara (Teamhair) in Co. Meath.
		The High Kings of Ireland were tested by this tone, and according to tradition when the proper man was crowned, the stone cried out.
		This stone was at one time located on the Mound of the Hostages, a prehistoric passage grave located in the royal enclosure, but the present location seems appropriate since the "Cormac" referred to is third century a.d.
	mockingbird.creighton.edu /english/micsun/IrishResources/liafail.htm (115 words)

	TaraWatch » 2006 » May
		The Hill of Tara, also known as the Hill of Kings, is a long, low hill that rises between the towns of Navan and Dunshaughlin, southwest of the River Boyne.
		At the top the hill is a large ringfort of mounded earth that encircles two more ringforts, one of which surrounds a meter-high, phallic standing stone, the Lia Fail, or Stone of Destiny.
		Just north of the ringforts is the Mound of Hostages, a Neolithic tomb constructed more than 4,000 years ago, which contains a passageway that is astrologically aligned with the sunset on November 8 and February 4, the ancient Celtic festivals of Samhain and Imbolc.
	tarawatch.org /?m=200605 (2787 words)

	New Grange (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		It has become badly weathered over the years, and now very little can be seen of the horned figure, which has become covered in lichens and mosses.
		The Mound of the Hostages (Below) is the most prominent structure on Tara.
		The stones within The Mound of the Hostages (Left) actually have the same patterns as found in Carn Bane East on Sliabh na Callaighe; the 'spirals' and 'flower' patterns.
	www.wicca.utvinternet.com /tara.htm (143 words)

	Hill of Kings - Irish Culture
		The heart of all Ireland lays within a mound of grass and dirt, but not long ago this was a thriving area of Ireland, where high Kings ruled and magical stones stood.
		To the average visitor this may look no more impressive than any green field with mounds of dirt upon it, a large golf course to some.
		The Mound of the Hostages (Dumha na nGiall) is a Stone Age passage-tomb, which has been found to be a small passage grave dating to around 2000 BC.
	www.bellaonline.com /ArticlesP/art5375.asp (726 words)

	The Ark of The Covenant in Ireland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The Mound of The Hostages is, and always has been, a Sacred Site and it is, I submit, illogical to think that people would build an iron-furnace at the side of a Sacred Site.
		I KNOW that the (tomb under the) Mound of The Hostages was built between 583 and 581 B.C. before the death and burial of Jeremiah in Cairn T at Loughcrew.
		The WALLS that are under the soil-capping of the Mound of The Hostages are brooch-shaped like Teia Tephi's "Breast-pin (brooch) and Wand" and those WALLS uncovered by Sean P. O'Riordhain in the 1950s are Teamur (Tephi or Teia's WALL).
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