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Bullaun stone in Inishmurray

Bullaun stone
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Located outside Templenaman church (SL001-002001-), at the S wall, adjacent to the doorway. This is as described by Wakeman (1893, 122): ‘A very rough boulder-looking stone, one foot nine inches [0.53m] in length, by one foot two inches [0.35m] in breadth. Its bowl is ten inches [0.25m] in diameter and of considerable depth.’ According to Mountbatten (1972), this bullaun was used for baptisms in the modern period. This is a National Monument (no. 117) in state ownership. The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in: Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press. Date of upload: 16 January 2018

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