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Carnaghan : Bullaun Stone

CountyDonegal
Grid RefC 319 235
GPSC 31893 23487 (8m)
Longitude7° 30' 3.09" W
Latitude55° 3' 27.75" N
Nearest TownRathmullan (4.6 Km)
OS Sheets6, 7
UTM zone29U
UTM x595756.4445636
UTM y6102240.0547255
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 1st February 2004

It seemed like my day was about to end miserably, because it was raining too much for me to visit the portal tomb here on Inch Island. I decided to head for home after an interesting day and stopped by a driveway to a new house and turned the car around. As I did so I had to double-take. Did I really just see a bullaun stone built into that new wall? Yes I did!

Half way up the wall on the right-hand side of the gateway here is a bullaun stone, mounted vertically so that its single bullaun faces out. I really wasn't expecting to see this and when I go back to see the tomb I will be sure to stop in and ask about where it came from.

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