What is recorded here

Standing stone in Turoe is a granite marker set beside the Rath of Feewore in County Galway, where two larger lumps once stood near the lost Turoe stone. The rath suggests a fortified settlement, while the stones suggest that people marked this place for ceremony, boundary or memory. They may have watched herds, guided travellers or witnessed oaths, but no written account survives to confirm which.

In pastureland. Raftery (1944, 24, 31, Fig. 1) recorded 'two large lumps of granite, measuring respectively 85 by 90 cm. and 135 by 120 cm.' close to the NW of the 'Rath of Feewore' (GA097-150001-) and in the vicinity of the original location of the Turoe stone (GA097-150006-). No visible surface trace of them was noted on inspection in September 1984. A standing stone (GA097-150002-) lies in a small coniferous plantation c. 60m to the N of the rath. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 3 August 2018

Probably dates to the Bronze Age (c. 2500–500 BCE). The stone may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to nearby archaeological features such as the rath.

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