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Celtic Standing Stone c. 3500 BCE. Cambrian ironstone, 0.76 x 1.67 m (30 x 66").
Courtesy of the Royal Museum of British Columbia
Not much information as to why an ancient Celtic stone was found at the Castle, 3200 km from its place of origin. It was radio carbon-dated to the mid-4th Millennia BCE, the stone originated in Ireland, and the imagery is identical to stones in the Celtic British Isles. The Irish Latinate cross dates to the eighth century. The Ogham text, running vertically upwards, reads "GLISS" and is most likely a family name. One theory as to why the stone was found at Castle Tîrgu is the stone was a gift from an early Irish king or church. [2001, Mixed Media & Polychrome, Private collection in Whistler, Canada]
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