Bullaun, 21 Glenconway Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4NY is a listed building in the Causeway Coast and Glens local planning authority area, Northern Ireland.
Bullaun, 21 Glenconway Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4NY
- WRENN ID
- turning-pilaster-sedge
- Grade
- Local Planning Authority
- Causeway Coast and Glens
- Constituency
- East Londonderry MP: Mr Gregory Campbell (DUP)
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Irish grid reference
- C 642 136
- Coordinates
- 54.96625, -6.99688
- Source
- NI Environment Agency listing
Description
This is a sandstone bullaun stone, likely dating from before 1600. It was found on private land in the townland of Glenconway, near Dungiven. The stone is roughly octagonal, measuring approximately 534mm across and 380mm high. It features a central hollow, 305mm in diameter and 200mm deep. The outer sides of the octagon are irregular, and two grooves are visible, suggesting a possible use for sharpening blades. While its purpose remains speculative, it may have had an ecclesiastical function, such as a font. Local tradition suggested it was used for crushing gorse/whin shoots and mixing with crushed corn to improve the coats of horses. Estyn Evans described similar stones as "basin-stones" and larger versions as "knocking stones" used to prepare barley meal by pounding grain. These knocking stones were often communal items found in the ruins of old settlements. The stone is currently considered an archaeological site and is in a derelict condition, exhibiting vernacular characteristics.
Local climate
Bullaun, 21 Glenconway Road, Dungiven, Co Londonderry, BT47 4NY sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,140 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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