This looks so easy on the map. A track over the hill passes within about 100m of the stone, which is just to the east of a rath. Surely it can't be that hard to locate? Oh yes it can! What a nightmare this one is. The hilltop is partially used for cattle, but the rest doesn't seem to have bene farmed for a while. Each field is now totally separated from the next as gateways have grown over. The hedges are all thorn trees and brambles, too. Moving about up here is not easy and I do not recommmend that anyone tries for this stone.
The bullaun stone itself is rather nice. It's a bit of an ugly lump, all gnarly and nobbly, but still not at all bad. There are three basins running down its length. Each one is about 25cm in diameter. The boulder only just stands proud of the ground. In the height of summer, when the grass is long, this would be hhard to spot. The stone is aligned east-west and lies on an east-facing slope. Sadly, the mad hedgerows completely obscure the views from the site. The rath that is marked on the map is quite large, but so overgrown that I haven't added it as a distinct site.
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_A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Kilbeg 2 (Co. Wicklow) |  Knocktemple (Co. Wicklow) |  Kilruane (Co. Tipperary) |
 Kill Of The Grange (Co. Dublin) |  Johnstown (Co. Carlow) |  Inishcealtra (Co. Clare) |
