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Carrigeenduff : Bullaun Stone

CountyWicklow
Grid RefO 146 030
GPSO 14630 03047 (4m)
Longitude6° 17' 23.15" W
Latitude53° 3' 56.81" N
Nearest TownRoundwood (4.5 Km)
OS Sheet56
UTM zone29U
UTM x681589.6234501
UTM y5883022.1879899
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 9th February 2008

This is a nice double bullaun stone that is hidden away in a little copse of deciduous trees a few metres above the Inchavore River that flows down into Lough Dan. It is on the opposite side of the valley to the cup marked stone also in Carrigeenshinnagh (County Wicklow).

The stone is earthfast and a little over 1.2m in length. The two basins are 35cm in diameter. Being under trees they don't have much chance of collecting a lot of water and were both full of leaf mould when I arrived. The covering of trees, even devoid of leaves at this time of year, makes this spot a pleasant place to be. Dotted around the stone there are many more boulders and lumps of rock, but none of them have any markings. I was expecting to find a second bullaun here, but it looks like this is a lone stone.

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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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4.2 Km (E) there is a Rock Art at Roundwood known as The Baltynanima Stone.
3.9 Km (NNE) there is a Cairn at Cloghoge.
8.1 Km (NNE) there is a Portal Tomb at Djouce Mountain known as The Coffin Stone - Djouce.
9.5 Km (SE) there is a Stone Pair at Parkmore.
7.2 Km (SE) there is a Bullaun Stone at Lickeen.

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