Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Kilcaskan (bear By.), County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcaskan (bear By.)
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Toberatemple (1901)
- Coordinates
- 51.70849, -9.70965
- SMR number
- CO103-003004-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S side of road to E of graveyard (CO103-003001-). Large triangular sandstone boulder (1.85m x 2.m). Circular hollow (diam. 0.4m; D 0.23m) on upper surface. Known as Toberatemple (well of the church) (O'Donoghue 1986, 304). According to Brady (1863, 2, 493) "in the hollow of this stone...the country people bathe their eyes, when sore, in expectation of a cure...at each round they throw into the hollow a bit of rush formed into a cross. They afterwards suspend a piece of rag on a bush over the stone, in memorial of their devotions."
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
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Nearby in the register
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ogham stoneunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.