id: IRL007
names: Tara: Stone of Destiny
reference: National Grid Reference: N919596_42
type: standing stone
other references: Weir p. 196, Cope p. 244, Jones p.279
place: Kilmessan, Meath
country: IRL
date(s) of visit: 19-07-2010
remarks: the pillar may have originally stood as a sentinel stone at the entrance of the passage-grave Mound of the Hostages
impression: the standing stone is now situated on the post-Neolithic earthwork called Cormac's House