Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Roscam, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roscam
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Penitential Station
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holed-Stone & Bullauns (Penitential Station)
- Coordinates
- 53.26365, -8.98440
- SMR number
- GA094-072008-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This double bullaun stone (1.8m N-S; 1.53m E-W) is lying deeply embedded in the ground in the S section of the graveyard (GA094-072003-) within the early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA094-072002-) at Roscam. It contains two almost circular basins: that at the E side of the stone is very shallow (dims. 0.31m x 0.29m; D 0.08m), while that at the W side is deeper (dims. 0.43m x 0.41m; D 0.18m). A triple bullaun is visible c. 1m to the SE. Both bullaun stones were regarded locally as holy wells (Fahey 1901a, 229). Named on the 1944-5 revision of the OS 6-inch maps as 'Penitential Station'.
The following image has been uploaded: GA094-072008-_01 View from SW. The NE bowl is filled with clay.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 19 May 2017
References
Fahey, J. 1901a Some antiquities in the neighbourhood of Oranmore and Kilcolgan, County Galway. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 31, 228-35.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Graveslabunder 1 mi
- Holed stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.