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Bullaun stone

Kiltanon, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Kiltanon, 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
Kiltanon
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.88006, -8.79668
SMR number
CL027-024003-

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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

Off-centre to SE of children’s burial ground (CL027-024001-) and resting on top of a prostrate slab from a megalithic structure (CL027-024002-). Not depicted on any OS historic mapping. According to Westropp (1902-04, 111), ‘South of Kiltanon House, in a grove of trees, lies a sandstone block resting on a slab, 3 feet by 4 feet. It has a bullaun, 13 inches across, ground in it.' This monument consists of an irregular-shaped sandstone boulder (0.75m E-W; 0.8m N-S; max. H 0.65m; min. H 0.25m). It has a triangular-shaped upper surface (0.65m N-S; 0.55m E-W) in plan, which has a steep NW face and a hollow basin offset slightly to NW. The basin (0.32m N-S; 0.30m E-W) is oval in plan and is deeper (max. D 0.2m) at S and becomes shallower (min. D 0.05m) at NW, where there is a gentle lip from the basin to the edge of the stone.

The following images have been uploaded:
CL027-024003-_01.jpg Bullaun stone from N.
CL027-024003-_02.jpg General view of bullaun stone from E resting on slab from megalithic structure (CL027-024002-).

Compiled by: Mary Tunney, Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 10 December 2018

References

Westropp, T.J. 1902-4 The cists, dolmens, and pillars in the eastern half of the county of Clare. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 24C, 107-131.

Nearby in the register

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

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