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Bullaun stone

Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, County Clare, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Inishcaltra Or Holy Island, 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
Inishcaltra Or Holy Island
County
Clare
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Bullaun (1920)
Coordinates
52.91659, -8.44702
SMR number
CL029-009024-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · 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

Situated under some bushes in a very overgrown area at the NE corner of Inis Cealtra and c. 100m N of the ‘Confessional’ (CL029-009017-). This bullaun stone (Wth N-S 1.1m; traceable Wth E-W 0.8m; traceable H 0.3m) has an oval basin (0.46m N-S; 0.35m E-W) and is completely ivy-covered. (Macalister 1916-17, 143, no. 4; McNamara 1984, 32)

Compiled by: Mary Tunney

Date of upload: 19 October 2015

References

Macalister, R.A.S 1916-17 The history and antiquities of Inis Cealtra. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 33C, 93-174.

McNamara, Rev. T.V. 1984 The bullaun stones of Holy Island. The Other Clare 8, 31-2.

Nearby in the register

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

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