What is recorded here
Bullaun stone in Garranmore (Youghalarra parish) is a bullaun stone in Garranmore (Youghalarra parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a subrectangular sandstone boulder on a north-east-facing slope, overlooking Lough Derg to the north and east. 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 NW and W. 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 (TN014-078001-) 1.2m upslope to W. A subrectangular earthfast sandstone boulder (dims. 1.15m x 1m; H 0.22m) with two bowl-shaped water-filled hollows (top diam. 0.41m; base diam. 0.3m; D 0.2m) on its upper surface. The W hollow (top diam. 0.41m; base diam. 0.3m; D 0.2m) is 0.04m from shallow E hollow (diam. 0.36m; D 0.07m). 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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