Sheep on the Hill of Tara at sunset

Sheep on the Hill of Tara in the Boyne Valley at sunset

Sheep on Hill of Tara

The large earth works the Hill of Tara are An Forradh (The Kings Seat) to the left in the photo and Teach Chormaic (Cormac's House) to the bottom right in the photo.

Sheep at the Lia Fáil, Hill of Tara.

The Lia Fáil or Stone of Destiny is thought to have been a fertility symbol - Hill of Tara

Sheep on the Hill of Tara, Co. Meath, Ireland

Thanks to Martin Dier for the photos of Sheep on the Hill of Tara in the Boyne Valley.

Rath of the Synods - Hill of Tara

Sheep on the Hill of Tara

Mound of the Hostages - Hill of Tara

Rath of the Synods - Hill of Tara

Sheep on the Hill of Tara

Sheep on the Hill of Tara

Sheep at Mound of the Hostages, Hill of Tara

The Samhain Sunrise in early November illuminates the chamber of the Mound of the Hostages on the Hill of Tara. Samhain is the cross quarter of the astronomical year, half way between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice.