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title: Celtic Turoe Stone
author: Dirk Huth
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/13472/celtic-turoe-stone/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Celtic Turoe Stone
_Authored by Dirk Huth_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/13472.png)
## Image Caption
The [Celtic](https://www.worldhistory.org/celt/) Turoe Stone, 1st century BCE. Covered in vegetal designs, the significance of the stone is not known but it likely had a sacred significance and probably once stood at a sacred site. Bullaun, County Galway, [Ireland](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Ireland/).
## Cite This Work
### APA
Huth, D. (2021, February 22). Celtic Turoe Stone. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Huth, Dirk. "Celtic Turoe Stone." *World History Encyclopedia*, February 22, 2021. .
### MLA
Huth, Dirk. "Celtic Turoe Stone." *World History Encyclopedia*, 22 Feb 2021, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_of_Turoe.JPG) by [**Dirk Huth**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Stone_of_Turoe.JPG). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 22 February 2021. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.