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Tinnacarrig : Bullaun Stone

CountyCarlow
Grid RefS 758 469
GPSS 75785 46920 (5m)
Longitude6° 52' 55.84" W
Latitude52° 34' 6.2" N
Nearest TownBorris (4.8 Km)
OS Sheet68
UTM zone29U
UTM x643532.50960796
UTM y5826365.8186051

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Tinnacarrig - Rock Art
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 9th February 2008

There are actually two bullaun stones lying next to the rock art panel. It took us some time to find these due to the bramble cover. In fact, we initially only found one of them and the had to go back to look for the larger one after the farmer told us there were more.

The smaller stone has been cut from a larger block of stone in such a way as to lose the bottom of its basin: it is now pierced through.

The larger example is a lovely organic-looking blob of stone with a large single bullaun about 40cm across.

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Random Gazetteer

A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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3.5 Km (ENE) there is a Rock Art at Rathgeran Upper.
0 m (W) there is a Rock Art at Tinnacarrig.
7.6 Km (NNE) there is a Holy Well at Killoughternane.
5.5 Km (NNW) there is a Portal Tomb at Ballinasilloge known as Banshee Stone.
2.9 Km (E) there is a Standing Stone at Kilmissan.

A Selection of Other Bullaun Stones

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