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Fence : Bullaun Stone

CountyWexford
Grid RefT 079 075
GPST 07867 07467 (3m)
Longitude6° 25' 18.61" W
Latitude52° 12' 30.69" N
Nearest TownRosslare (7.6 Km)
OS Sheet77
UTM zone29U
UTM x676154.10919953
UTM y5787364.290786
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 9th December 2001

I was totally taken by surprise with this stone as it is not on the map. I nearly drove past it but was curious about its shape. It did not look like a stone usually put in front of a house to stop people parking.

My natural curiosity got the better of me and I stopped to have a look. I am so glad I did. The stone has one central bullaun and one shallow cup either side of it. Unfortunately, it is cemented on to the footpath and the cement has a very shoddy inscription in it.

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Sunday, 24th February 2008

There are actually three small depressions around the central bullaun, making this one of the very few examples of cup-marks sharing the same stone as a bullaun. Two of them are very worn which may mean that there were once other marking on the stone that have now vanished. The inscription in the concrete is fading now.

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Random Gazetteer

A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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2.5 Km (NW) there is a Standing Stone at Banoge.
2.8 Km (WNW) there is a Standing Stone at Ballyboher.
141.4 m (SW) there is a Stone Pair at Cotts.
2.3 Km (ESE) there is a Lake/Island at Our Lady's Island known as Inish.
4.4 Km (ESE) there is a Standing Stone at Castletown.

A Selection of Other Bullaun Stones

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