Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Knockbride, County Cavan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockbride
- County
- Cavan
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.99096, -7.00625
- SMR number
- CV023-054----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Small irregularly shaped boulder (H 0.2m; dims. 0.67m x 0.6m) containing a well-defined, basin-shaped depression (diam. 0.19m; D 0.07m). Tradition that the bullaun was used as a 'font' during Penal times (local information). On the surface of the stone are a number of carvings which presumably date to this period. Situated in a farmyard c. 175m E of Knockbride church (CV023-026----).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cavan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 22 December 2008
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.