Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone (present location)
Great Island, County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Great Island
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.29289, -7.00608
- SMR number
- WX039-092----
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University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
A bullaun stone described by Westropp (1918, 11) as ‘three feet by two feet by 15 inches (dims c. 0.9m x c. 0.6m; H c. 0.4m) with an oval scoop 12 inches by 10 inches (dims c. 0.3m x c. 0.25m)’ was on the perimeter of enclosure (WX039-018001-) at N. This enclosure is attached to the perimeter of the ecclesiastical enclosure (WX039-018007-) of Kilmokea church at NE. The bullaun stone was moved c. 1976 to a location on open, accessible ground at Loughtown, a part of Great Island, c. 1km to the SW of the original location. The stone is a triangular granite piece (dims 0.8m x 0.7m) with an undulating upper surface (H 0.28-0.52m) that has a grey patina where it was exposed on the bank of the annexe but the underside is a clean white. There is one basin (diam. 0.3-0.32m), the depth of which varies (0.16-0.23m) with the surface of the stone.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 28 April, 2015
References
Westropp, T.J. 1918 Five large earthworks in the barony of Shelbourne, Co. Wexford, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquries of Ireland, vol. 48, 1-18.
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Leper hospitalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.