Mound of the Hostages, Tara (Images)

The Mound of the Hostages takes its name from the medieval Irish designation of the monument Duma na nGiall, a name associating the monument with the symbolic exchange of hostages which must have taken place at Tara in the medieval period. It is, however, a passage tomb built around 5000 BC. The passage is 4m long and was divided by sill-stones into three compartments, the floor of each formed by …