Turoe Stone

County Galway


The pillar-like Turoe Stone is covered in delicate relief carvings in La Tène style (a Roman-influenced Celtic art form dating from the Iron Age). Standing 1.68m high, it dates from around 100 BC and was found at an Iron Age fort.

The stone is in Bullaun, 38km east of Galway city.


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