Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.), County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Toonagh (bunratty Upper By.)
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Basin Stone (1921)
- Coordinates
- 52.84176, -8.82908
- SMR number
- CL034-095003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On flat ground in a large natural amphitheatre and 31m N of the inauguration mound (CL034-095001-/CL034-095007-). Named 'Basin Stone' on the 1921 OS 6-inch map. A conglomerate Old Red Sandstone block (L 1.7m; Wth 0.9m; H 0.75m) with porphyritic and quartzite inclusions uncharacteristic of the otherwise limestone geology of the district. It is aligned E-W. The upper surface has two basins, the larger oval one is artificial (0.55m E-W; Wth 0.36m; D 0.1m). The function of the stone in relation to the inauguration site is unknown. FitzPatrick (2004, 56) notes that a basin stone also occurs at Dunadd in Argyll.
The following image has been uploaded:
CL034-095003-_01.jpg Bullaun stone from the NW with mound (CL034-095001-) in the background.
Compiled by: Michael Moore and Leo Morahan
Date of upload: 19 June 2018
References
FitzPatrick, E. 2004 Royal inauguration in Gaelic Ireland c.1100-1600: a cultural landscape study. Studies in Celtic History 22. Woodbridge. The Boydell Press.
Nearby in the register
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Barrow - ring-barrowunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.