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Bullaun stone in Bewley

Bullaun stone
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Situated on the floodplain of the S-N Finisk River, on the E bank with the river c. 20m to the W. This is reputedly a house of the Knights Templar (Gwynn and Hadcock 1970, 329), but there are no medieval sources. There is a bullaun stone (dims. 0.76m x 0.33m; H 0.2m) with a single basin (diam. 0.18m; D 8cm) embed in the ground at the centre of the rectangular walled enclosure (WA029-024004-) to the N of the church (WA029-024001-). (Power 1898a, 94-5) Gwynn, A. and Hadcock, R. N. (1970) (reprint 1988) Medieval religious houses in Ireland. Irish Academic Press, Dublin. Power, Rev. P. (1898a) Ancient ruined churches of Co. Waterford, WAJ 4, 83-95, 195-219. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 26 July 2011

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