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Ballinclare : Bullaun Stone

CountyWexford
Grid RefT 087 543
GPST 08748 54334 (4m)
Longitude6° 23' 37.39" W
Latitude52° 37' 45.86" N
Nearest TownFerns (8.1 Km)
OS Sheet69
UTM zone29U
UTM x676386.47207945
UTM y5834235.5145566
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 9th December 2007

This is a most unusual bullaun stone. The single bullaun is about 30cm across and quite shallow. Nothing too strange there, but the stone it is in is rectangular. To add to the oddness the bullaun is at one end of the stone, so it's hard to fathom out why it was cut this way. It seems obvious that it was cut from a larger stone, but why so weirdly?

The stone can be found in the cemetery at the base of one of the church walls close to some rubble that has fallen from it. Hopefully, it won't become hidden underneath any more that might fall. I don't think it will as the graveyard seems to be well-tended.

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7.9 Km (SW) there is a Holy Well at Ferns known as St Mogue's Well.
7.4 Km (WSW) there is a Church at Ferns known as St Peter's Church.
7.9 Km (SW) there is a Round Tower at FERNS known as Ferns Abbey.
8.2 Km (WSW) there is a Castle at Ferns.


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