Knocktemple II

Nearest town:
Newtown Mt Kennedy (7km ENE)
OS reference:
O205026
OS sheet:
56
Latitude:
53° 3' 37.74 N
Longitude:
6° 12' 8.63 W
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Image of Knocktemple II (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

This stone is signposted as you walk west along the footpath.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Aug 22, 2013
Image of Knocktemple II (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

Best seen in summer when the reservoir level is low.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 22, 2013
Image of Knocktemple II (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

Reservoir-side bullaun that gets almost inundated in winter.

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ryaner
ryaner Aug 22, 2013

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Knocktemple II

ryaner
ryaner Sep 1, 2013

The first signed bullaun stone that I’ve seen – I’m guessing that this was dragged here to its current location before they drowned the valley for the reservoir. I’ve seen shots of this semi-submerged, but we were here after a fairly decent summer and the lake was about 5 metres away.

I was searching for a bullaun stone south of Roundwood recently and the woman of the house told me of this stone – seems it’s well known in the locality and has ‘offerings’ in the basin. the stone itself is quite large, a metre-and-a-half long, by a metre high and three-quarters of a metre wide. The basin is, fairly typically, set off centre towards the west end of the stone.

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