Bullaun in Crossbeg, bullaun stone in County Mayo

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What is recorded here

In an ecclesiastical enclosure (MA082-035004-). An irregular-shaped block of stone (c. 0.7m x 0.5m; H c. 0.4m) with a roughly circular depression (diam. 0.27m; D 0.1m) in its upper surface. It is located on a raised area in the centre of the ecclesiastical enclosure, within a rectangular hollow which preserves the outline of a church (MA082-035001-). There is a possible standing stone (MA082-035006-) immediately to W. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 December 2021

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record MA082-035005

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