Ballymorin

Nearest town:
Mullingar (15km ENE)
OS reference:
N283520
OS sheet:
41
Latitude:
53° 31' 1.96 N
Longitude:
7° 34' 23.94 W
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Image of Ballymorin (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

Ballymorin bullaun in the grounds of a C of I church.

Image credit: ryaner
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ryaner Jun 24, 2013

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Ballymorin

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ryaner Jun 25, 2013

Sometimes you just go somewhere on a hunch, and as I passed the sign for Almoritia church on my way to Uisneach, I just had to turn off and have a look. That there is a Norman motte there was an added incentive.

The motte was a huge tree-covered monstrosity, impossible to photograph to any satisfaction, but weirdly impressive.

Through the church gates for a quick nose and what’s that over there? A bullaun stone rests there, a metre long, with one deep basin that can hold only a little water as it breaks the inner side of the stone. What a charmer it is, like a lump of conglomerate cake, pushed to one side and usually ignored. Not today…

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