School: Bullán (roll number 13432)
- Location:
- Bullaun, Co. Galway
- Teacher: Eoghan Ó Muimhneacháin
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You are not logged in, but you are welcome to contribute a transcription anonymously. In this case, your IP address will be stored in the interest of quality control.By clicking the save button you agree that your contribution will be available under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License and that a link to dúchas.ie is sufficient as attribution. - Excavations in TuroeIn Turoe there is a field called Feer Vore and it is out of that field the famous Turoe Stone is supposed to be taken. In that field there is a fort and in the year 1938 it was dug by a society from Dublin. There were a good many things found including a skeleton of a woman, a good many skulls, daggers and knives. Not far from the fort there is another hill called Cnoc an Airt. In or about the year 1900 it was dug. The Antiquarian Society from Dublin dug it. They found stone weapons made like hatchets and spears. In the centre of the hill an earthenware crock containing bones was found. The hill(continues on next page)
