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'St. Patrick's Knee' : Bullaun Stone

TownlandClonaltra West
CountyWestmeath
Grid RefN 144 341
GPSN 14388 34100 (5m)
Longitude7° 47' 1.99" W
Latitude53° 21' 24.94" N
Nearest TownMoate (6.2 Km)
OS Sheet48
UTM zone29U
UTM x580937.53179169
UTM y5912666.1784702
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 22nd June 2008

I was given directions to the stone from a nearby house and it was here that I was told that it is known local as St. Patrick's Knee, a common enough name for a bullaun stone. The directions were close enough for me to spot where the stone is now hidden and locate it: near to a stream in a copse of trees

The stone itself is an odd one. The upper surface is encrusted with quartz pebbles. I've never seen a boulder like this used for a bullaun before.

There are two basins in a line along the long axis of the boulder, both of which are elongated and are probably enhanced natural hollows. The boulder is 1m long, 50cm tall and 40cm deep.

A broken cross slab stands next to one end of the stone that has the lower half of a very worn cross carved on it in relief.

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