Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone (present location)
Greatcommon, County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Greatcommon
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.52984, -6.17090
- SMR number
- DU008-075----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This bullaun stone now lies outside entrance to St Macculin's modern R.C. church. It was the stone which formerly lay inside the tower of the medieval church (DU008-010004-) at Lusk. Hunt (1974, 146) recorded that; 'Within the tower is a 17th century font, bullaun stone and portion of a fireplace removed from Bremore castle, decorated in false relief with six shields bearing arms surrounding the Annunciation (Roe 1979, 140)'. It may be the stone which formerly lay beside St Macculin's well (DU008-010007-) (Ó Danachair 1958, 73).
Cross-reference with DU008-010001-
Compiled and Revised by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of revised upload: 26 July 2023
References
Ó Danachair, C. 1958 The holy wells of county Dublin. Reportorium Novum 2, 68-87; 2, No. 2 The holy wells of County Dublin: A supplementary list, 233-5. Hunt, J. 1974 Irish medieval figure sculpture 1200-1600, 2 vols. Dublin. Irish University Press. Roe, H.M. 1979 Illustrations of the Holy Trinity in Ireland: 13th to 17th centuries. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 109, 101-50.
Nearby in the register
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.