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Bullaun stone in Garranmore (Youghalarra parish) is a bullaun stone in Garranmore (Youghalarra parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a roughly rectangular conglomerate boulder, 1.8 metres by 2 metres and 0.27 metres high, set in pasture on a north-east-facing slope. A bowl-shaped hollow, 0.41 metres across at the top and 0.2 metres deep, holds water near the east edge. Local tradition identifies these stones as the site of a mass rock.
In pasture, in a slight hollow, on NE facing slope of rising ground overlooking Lough Derg to N and E, higher ground to W and SW. The shoreline of Lough Derg is 650m to NE. St. Conlan's church (TN014-015001-) and graveyard (TN014-015002-) 1.4km to SE. Second bullaun stone (TN014-078002-) 1.2m downslope to E. A roughly rectangular earthfast conglomerate boulder (dims. 1.8m x 2m; H 0.27m) with a single bowl-shaped water-filled hollow (top diam. 0.41m; base diam. 0.3m; D 0.2m) on its upper surface close to E edge of stone. According to local tradition these stones were believed to be the site of a mass rock.
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 07 July 2014
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