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title: Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara
author: Germán Póo-Caamaño
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5282/stone-of-destiny-hill-of-tara/
format: machine-readable-alternate
license: Creative Commons Attribution (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara

_Authored by Germán Póo-Caamaño_

## Image File

[![Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5282.png)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5282.png)

## Image Caption

The [Neolithic](https://www.worldhistory.org/Neolithic/) Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny), Hill of [Tara](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tara_(Goddess)/), County Meath, [Ireland](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Ireland/), by which the ancient kings were inaugurated.

## Cite This Work

### APA
Póo-Caamaño, G. (2016, July 04). Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5282/stone-of-destiny-hill-of-tara/>
### Chicago
Póo-Caamaño, Germán. "Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 04, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5282/stone-of-destiny-hill-of-tara/>.
### MLA
Póo-Caamaño, Germán. "Stone of Destiny, Hill of Tara." *World History Encyclopedia*, 04 Jul 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5282/stone-of-destiny-hill-of-tara/>.

## License & Copyright

[Original image](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_of_Destiny,_Hill_of_Tara.png) by [**Germán Póo-Caamaño**](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_of_Destiny,_Hill_of_Tara.png). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 04 July 2016. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0deed.en). This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.