Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Roscam, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Roscam
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Holed Stone and Bullauns (Penitential Station)
- Latest-edition OS map
- Holed Stone and Bullauns (Penitential Station)
- Coordinates
- 53.26365, -8.98440
- SMR number
- GA094-072009-
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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 triple bullaun stone (L 1.35m; H 0.95m; T 0.34m) is located c. 1m to the SE of a double bullaun stone (GA094-072008-) in the S section of the graveyard (GA094-072003-) within the early ecclesiastical enclosure (GA094-072002-) at Roscam. It is set upright in the ground with the basins facing SW. The uppermost basin (dims. 0.43m x 0.36m) is slightly larger than the middle one (dims. 0.41m x 0.3m). The lower basin (diam. 0.37m) is partially embedded in the ground. 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 images have been uploaded:
GA094-072009-_01 Triple bullaun stone with double bullaun stone (GA094-072008-) lying flat to its left
GA094-072009-_05 View from S
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.