
What is recorded here
Kilcullaun Church (in ruins), Graveyard is a ruined church in County Carlow, Ireland. The site holds a bullaun stone with one basin, a possible second bullaun with two basins, a perforated stone with two dressed sides, a disc quern, and a faint curving bank inside the west graveyard wall. These are not decorative odds and ends. They suggest worship, marking, measurement, and death were all practiced together in one small landscape.
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of revision: 16 December 2009
Revised by: J. Farrelly
Church indicated by heap of masonry including cut and dressed stone. Bullaun stone with single basin to N of church. Second bullaun with two basins noted by O'Toole (JRSAI 1934, 263) not located. Another stone with two dressed sides and large perforation. Disc quern also present. Traces of curving bank (H 0.4m, Wth 2m) visible inside graveyard wall at W (CW022-032004-).
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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