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Bullaun stone

Keelhilla, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Keelhilla, County Clare, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Keelhilla
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.08478, -9.00278
SMR number
CL006-023006-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

One of a number of ecclesiastical monuments (CL006-023001- to CL006-023009-) in an overgrown sheltered location at the foot of the rockface that forms the E side of Slievecarran. Hazel scrub has encroached over all the area and all the stones are covered in thick moss. 10m N of a natural cave known as ‘St Mac Duagh’s Bed’ (CL006-023004-) is a large outcropping rock (1.9m E-W; 1m N-S; H 0.9m) with a circular bowl-shaped hollow (0.2m x 0.19m; D 0.1m) near the top. A second, oval-shaped hollow exists c. 0.35m to the E on the same rock. This is likely to be what Westropp (1900-02, 134) referred to as ‘a large bullaun in the natural rock’.

The following image has been uploaded:
CL006-023006-_01.jpg Bullaun in large outcropping rock.

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 13 October 2014

References

Westropp, T.J. 1900-02 The churches of Co. Clare and the origin of the ecclesiastical divisions in that county. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, Series 3, vol. 6, 100-180.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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