'Glendasan River (Glendalough h)' : Bullaun Stone
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Visit Notes
Sunday, 1st April 2007
What a whopper! The basin in this stone is massive; at least 40cm across. It is relatively shallow, just 10-15cm or so. It's actually difficult to be sure as the stone is in the middle of the river.
The boulder that the basin is cut in seems to have been tipped over, possibly by the large stone that stands behind it being washed down the river after a storm. This means that the bullaun is in a now vertical face and looks really odd.
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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
2.9 Km (NE) there is a Stone Pair at The Gossan Stones.
3.5 Km (E) there is a Bullaun Stone at Trooperstown.
7.6 Km (NE) there is a Bullaun Stone at Ballinacorbeg known as Roundwood Graveyard I.
509.9 m (ESE) there is a Church at Trinity Chapel.
A Selection of Other Bullaun Stones
 Beakan's Cell (Co. Tipperary) |  Ballintrane (Co. Carlow) |  Brockagh (Glendalough e) (Co. Wicklow) |
 Glendasan River (Glendalough g) (Co. Wicklow) |  Tinnacarrig (Co. Carlow) |  Ballymore Eustace West (Co. Kildare) |
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