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Early Medieval (Dark Age)Site Name: Bull's Stone (Ballymacnab)Country: Ireland (Northern) County: Co. Armagh Type: Ancient Cross
Nearest Town: Armagh Nearest Village: Ballymacnab
Map Ref: H89033855
Latitude: 54.288014N Longitude: 6.633632W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Ancient Cross in Co. Armagh
The Journal of Antiquities includes an entry for The Bull’s Stone, Ballymacnab, Co. Armagh, Northern Ireland which tells us this stone is either a small standing stone, a carved stone or possibly part of a cross head. Legend associate the stone with St Patrick who was annoyed by a bull as he was trying to build his church. The Journal adds: "The place where the stone now stands, in a little garden area, is referred to from “legend” as ‘The Bull’s Track’, a local landmark. The small round-shaped stone still has the imprint of a bull’s hoof on it".
In August 2018, the local paper, ArmaghI, reported: Anger as historical ‘Bull Track’ in Ballymacnab targeted by vandals.
The Journal tells us that not much is known about this stone, apart from the legends associated with it. The JoA includes a short list of reference sources for more information.
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