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Bullán, bullaun stone in County Cork (CO071-040003-)

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CO071-040003-
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Not marked on 1842 and 1904 OS 6-inch maps but shown within ruins of church (CO071-04002-) on 1938 OS 6-inch map. Area now covered with field-clearance stones and bullaun not visible. Noted by Hartnett (1947, 11) as stone (c. 24in xc. 48in) with hemispherical hollow (diam. c. 16in; D 4in) on upper surface; 'water which collects in it is believed locally to be effective in the curing of warts' (ibid.).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO071-040003

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  • Corkonian2013, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0
  • Frederick Dean, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • Sole Origami, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
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  • Jo and Steve Turner, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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