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Standing stone in Turoe

Standing stone

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Not a chamber, not a castle, not a hidden room, only a standing stone beside the Rath of Feewore. The claim is not that it is extraordinary; it is that it is still there, visible and misremembered. People want mysteries. The place offers less: a stone, a field, and the end of invented story.
In a small coniferous tree plantation, c. 60m NNW of the 'Rath of Feewore' (GA097-150001-). This well-preserved upright granite boulder, aligned N-S, is quadrangular in plan and narrows towards the top (H 0.67m; Wth 0.89m on E elevation). A granite boulder, which does not appear to be set, lies c. 10m to the SE (Cody 1989, 165-6). Raftery (1944, 24-5, 31, Fig. 1) also records two other possible standing stones (GA097-150005-) close to the rath. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 August 2018
Probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2500–500 BCE) based on its form and context near a ringfort. It may have had a ceremonial or territorial function, though specific folklore or symbolic meaning is not recorded.

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