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Mound of the Hostages, Tara (Turntable movie)
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 …
Publisher
- The Discovery Programme
Subject
- Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Type of item
- Movie
- Film
Date
- Iron Age Period
- Bronze Age Period
- Uncertain
- 0400
- -2500
- 16th century
Medium
- Stone
- Earth
- Stone
Publisher
- The Discovery Programme
Subject
- Megalithic tomb - passage tomb
Type of item
- Movie
- Film
Date
- Iron Age Period
- Bronze Age Period
- Uncertain
- 0400
- -2500
- 16th century
Medium
- Stone
- Earth
- Stone
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Rights
- Copyright ©The Discovery Programme
Temporal
- Iron Age Period
- Bronze Age Period
- Uncertain
Places
- iid:8584/SP.1
Source
- The Discovery Programme
Identifier
- http://3dicons.dcu.gr/object/HA/1763
Extent
- base, diameter, metres, 21
Format
- mov
Language
- en
Year
- 400
- -500
- -2500
Providing country
- Ireland
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2015-01-28T10:56:51.996Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2015-01-28T10:56:51.996Z