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Antrim : Bullaun Stone

CountyAntrim
Grid RefJ 154 877
Longitude6° 12' 31.36" W
Latitude54° 43' 26.38" N
Nearest TownAntrim (1.2 Km)
OS Sheet14
UTM zone29U
UTM x679754.64868795
UTM y6067654.3215147
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Visit Notes

Saturday, 27th July 2002

Located at the base of the round tower is a rather large boulder. In the top of this boulder are two bullauns, one large and one smaller and more shallow.

The stone itself is quite massive, probably measuring 1.4m in length, 1.2m wide and the same high. For the size of this monster boulder even the larger bullaun is quite small.

Someone has kindly daubed orange paint on one side of the rock.

Anywhere else this would be a superb bullaun stone, but the magnificence of the round tower looming over it does distract you (in a good sort of way).

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Directions

Take the B95 towards Antrim at junction 6. Then follow the B518 north for 1.5km. Turn left at the crossroads and head towards the city centre. The bullaun stone is located at the base of the round tower is on the right after about 400m in a park.

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A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments

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9.3 Km (ENE) there is a Standing Stone at Holestone known as The Hole Stone.
0 m (W) there is a Round Tower at Antrim.
6.9 Km (ESE) there is a Cairn at Kilmakee.
8.6 Km (N) there is a Standing Stone at Carncome.
7 Km (NE) there is a Court Tomb at Browndod.

A Selection of Other Bullaun Stones

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