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Bullaun stone in Kelshamore

Bullaun stone
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One of three bullaun stones in a rocky area at the foot of a marked E-facing slope. A large roughly rectangular earthfast boulder with three circular basins in the upper surface ((a) diam. 0.4m; D 0.25m; (b) and (c) diam. 0.33m; D 0.23m).; a second boulder (4m to the SE) may be another part of this stone and is upside-down. A bullaun stone (WI021-019001-) lies c. 40m to the SE and another bullaun (WI021-019002-) lies c. 40 to the NNE. The grass-covered remains of a rectangular building (WI021-020----) indicated on the OS 6-inch map as the site of a convent lie c. 10m to the SE. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Revised by: Mary Tunney Date of revision: 21 November 2012

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