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Stoup (present location)

Doonpeter, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Stoup (present location), Doonpeter, County Cork, 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
Doonpeter
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Bullán (1935)
Coordinates
52.05829, -8.44634
SMR number
CO043-014003-

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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)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (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

In SE quadrant of burial ground (CO043-01401-). Set into the ground is a small rectangular stone (0.3m x 0.28m) with a steep-sided bowl-shaped depression (diam. 0.23m; D 0.21m) cut into it (half-filled with rainwater). Lying on grund nearby is stone lid (missing a piece) which appears to fit over the bullaun. Two upright slabs (H c. 0.8m), one with a white cross painted on it stand immediately to S c. 1.2m apart; according to O'Donoghue (1914) they formed the door into an 'ancient church', the area behind these is now heavily overgrown. On N side modern holy statue is wooden shelter. O'Donoghue (ibid) records a story of bullauns removed by a woman who was 'forced by an unseen hand at night to restore it'.

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

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Date of upload/revision: 06 April 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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