Brockagh

Nearest town:
Laragh (2km E)
OS reference:
T123970
OS sheet:
56
Latitude:
53° 0' 43.08 N
Longitude:
6° 19' 35.81 W
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Image of Brockagh (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

Single bullaun with the monastic complex in the distance.

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ryaner
ryaner Jun 13, 2020
Image of Brockagh (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

The stone furthest north and west. The building in the background is the sawmill on the Glendassan. There is said to be a group of 4 bullauns there. I located one.

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ryaner
ryaner Nov 28, 2006
Image of Brockagh (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

The second of the double bullaun stones. I have my doubts about the left-hand depression

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ryaner
ryaner Nov 28, 2006
Image of Brockagh (Bullaun Stone) by ryaner

The most font-like of the bullauns in this field, looking south towards the monastic complex

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ryaner
ryaner Nov 28, 2006

Articles

Brockagh

ryaner
ryaner Nov 28, 2006

100 metres or so back from the Wicklow Gap road/Glendalough/Laragh road the Wicklow Way comes down to the road from Brockagh mountain. There’s a clear signpost for it there and directly opposite on the other side of the road there’s a farmgate. Over this about 20 metres into the field and to your left is the first of the bullauns. Said to have ‘9 granite boulders with 13 basins’, I located 8. The first of these is very font-like, with one bullaun carved/worked into the flat surface of a split rock. 10 metres to the west of this is a boulder with 2 bullauns, one of which seems to be in poor and very worn condition. Roughly 10 metres south of this is another double bullaun, again with one perfect specimen and its worn twin. Walk roughly 20 metres south-west of here and you’re confronted with the “Seven Fonts”. This is a concentration of 4 boulders, 3 with a single bullaun and one with the aforementioned rectangular basin with 3 bullauns inside it and one outside. 25 metres north-west of here is a huge earthfast boulder with a single bullaun. Which gives you 8 stones and 13 bullauns!

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