Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91583, -8.44832
- SMR number
- CL029-009013-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated c. 30m N of St. Caimin's Church (CL019-009011-) on Inis Cealtra and obscured by wooden fencing. A small subcircular stone (L 0.6m; Wth 0.56m; H 0.3m), almost totally moss-covered with a circular basin (diam. 0.35m; D 0.18m) filled with clay. This bullaun may have moved to different locations on the island at various stages. Dunraven (1877, 56) placed it at the W gable of St. Caimin's church and in 1984 it was noted at the N gable (McNamara 1984, 32, no. 3). McNamara also noted a 'round blue sandstone' weighing 5kg in the basin which is no longer present.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney and Gearóid Conroy
Date of upload: 31 August 2015
References
McNamara, Rev. T.V. 1984 The bullaun stones of Holy Island. The Other Clare 8, 31-2.
Dunraven, E. the Earl of 1875 Notes on Irish Architecture, 2 vols. London. George Bell and Sons.
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.