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Knocklegan : Bullaun Stone

CountyKilkenny
Grid RefS 497 510
Longitude7° 15' 58.59" W
Latitude52° 36' 29.01" N
Nearest TownKilkenny (5.5 Km)
OS Sheet67
UTM zone29U
UTM x617397.1482645
UTM y5830083.1669173
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 30th November 2003

The first thing you notice about this site is the Rag Tree - St. Patrick's Rag Tree. It is the busiest one I have seen to date. Next to this is a water pump, so presumably there could have been a holy spring or well here too.

The bullaun stone, assuming I found the right thing, is not strictly speaking a bullaun. It appears to be a stone with a hole drilled right through it set into the ground 2m from the tree on the opposite side to the water pump.

On the upper surface of this stone a cross has been carved to one side of the piercing and a small cup-mark is on the other.

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