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| Anger over plans to move ancient stone (Score: 1) by Andy B on Thursday, 06 November 2008 (User Info | Send a Message) |
| A community in Co Galway is outraged that a 2,000-year-old ritual stone is to be moved and taken to a museum. Minister for the Environment John Gormley has been asked to intervene to prevent Turoe Stone from being moved to Galway City Museum. The three-foot high oval granite monument was erected near a ring fort at Kiltullagh over 2,000 years ago and was moved a short distance to Bullaun, a few miles north of Loughrea in mid-Galway, about 150 years ago. Experts believe it needs protection from the weather, but the Turoe Historical Society wants it to remain, with a visitor centre built on the site. The society says this would boost rural development. "The stone needs protection from weathering, but rather than removing it, this protection can be given to it on site at Turoe," said a spokesman for the society. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2008/1105/1225523373065.html |
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| Re: Anger over plans to move ancient stone (Score: 1) by davidmorgan on Thursday, 06 November 2008 (User Info | Send a Message) |
| Weren't there more photos here once? |
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| Re: Anger over plans to move ancient stone (Score: 0) by Anonymous on Friday, 07 November 2008 |
| Even though this stone is not on it's original site it is close enough to warrant remaining where it is. Build some sort of (removable?) protective cover to enclose it or visitors centre and leave it where it is. |
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| Re: Anger over plans to move ancient stone (Score: 0) by Anonymous on Saturday, 08 November 2008 |
| If it should be moved anywhere-it should be brought back to Feerwore, with a protective covered structure over it. This magnificent relic of the Celtic Iron Age in Ireland is priceless. and should not be removed to some museum. Those who are interested should get a copy of "Hand of History-Burden of Pseudo-History" by Tom O'Connor- that illuminates the role of this great relic- and it's importance to the area it was originally placed in-before destroying more of the Iron Age history of Celts. |
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