Bobsville

Also known as:
Clonabreany graveyard
Nearest town:
Oldcastle (9km WNW)
OS reference:
N616744
OS sheet:
42
Latitude:
53° 42' 56.21 N
Longitude:
7° 4' 0.74 W
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Image of Bobsville (Cup Marked Stone) by ryaner

Clonabreany graveyard, Bobsville, Co. Meath, late December 2020.

Image credit: ryaner
ryaner
ryaner Dec 29, 2020
Image of Bobsville (Cup Marked Stone) by ryaner

Snowdrops and megaliths and the hope of Spring.

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ryaner
ryaner Feb 18, 2018

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Bobsville

ryaner
ryaner Oct 22, 2006

Item no. 295 of the Arch. Inventory of Co. Meath, this is said to be a “standing stone with about thirty cup-marks.” The stone is very like a kerbstone, about a metre high and 2 metres long and it is possible that it comes from a local passage grave. I counted 54 cup-marks, though not very scientifically.
The site is a very well looked after graveyard in the drumlins south and below Sliabh na Cailí. I couldn’t help but speculate that the mound that the graveyard is sited on is a passage grave that has been christianised and that this is where the stone comes from. There are some very rough-hewn gravestones that look suspiciously like the structural stones of a megalithic tomb.
Across the road is a holy well with some lovely sweet water.

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FourWinds
FourWinds
Oct 2006

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