Meelaghans : Bullaun Stone
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Visit Notes
Sunday, 15th April 2007
Despite the somewhat sterile feeling to the surrounding fields this stone is wonderful. This multiple bullaun stone is hidden away in a small copse. Surprisingly, the top of teh stone is 30cm below the level of the ground around it. There was once a small wall around it, but only faint traces of this can be seen today.
There are six bullauns, five of which are quite sizable - 25cm upwards. The central bullaun is just 15cm across and 10cm or so deep. There are some other depressions spread around the stone, which may be where other basins were started.
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A Selection of Other Bullaun Stones
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This is an explanation of (and a bit of a disclaimer for) the coordinates I provide. Where a GPS figure is given this is the master for all other coordinates. According to my Garmin these are quite accurate. Where there is no GPS figure the 6 figure grid reference is master for the others. This may not be very accurate as it could have come from the OS maps and could have been read by eye. Consequently, all other cordinates are going to have inaccuracies. The calculation of Longitude and Latitude uses an algorithm that is not 100% accurate. The long/lat figures are used as a basis for calculating the UTM & ITM coordinates. Consequently, UTM & ITM coordinates are slightly out. UTM is a global coordinate system - Universal Transverse Mercator - that is at the core of the GPS system. ITM is the new coordinate system - Irish Transverse Mercator - that is more accurate and more GPS friendly than the Irish Grid Reference system. This will be used on the next generation of Irish OS maps. |
