What is recorded here

Bullaun stones mark holy wells or baptism sites, yet this one sits embedded in the base of the Dunsany cross opposite the castle entrance. Three rounded hollows and smaller cavities cut into the limestone slab, waiting for water that no longer flows beside them. Perhaps the well vanished beneath roads or fields, leaving only the stone witness behind.

Located on the roadside, opposite the entrance to Dunsany castle. On the limestone base of the Dunsany cross (ME037-017----), which is a rectilinear slab (L 0.86m, Wth 0.80m, T 0.08m) are a number of regular hollows. These form a cluster on the upper surface of the slab to the S of the cross shaft. There are three main circular, rounded, hollows, in the E (diam. 0.15m, D 0.09m); in the W ( diam, 0.17m, D 0.09m); the S example is smaller (diam. 0.03m, D 0.01m). To the S and E of these are a series of smaller shallow, artificial, cavities. Compiled by: Geraldine Stout Date of upload: 02 December 2013 The linked images of the bullaun stone were taken on 7 July 2013.

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