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Bullaun stone

Derrynakilla, County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Derrynakilla, 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
Derrynakilla
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
51.75830, -9.45636
SMR number
CO091-074002-

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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)
  • 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (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

About 3m west and down slope of the mass rock (CO091-074001-) is a single bullaun cut into a sub-rectangular slab of stone lying on the ground. The stone measures c 1.9m E-W; c 0.7m N-S and at least 0.2m in thickness. The bowl is close to the edge near the narrower eastern end and is c 0.22m in diameter and c 0.1m in depth.

Compiled by: Tony Miller

Date of upload: 25 February 2015

Nearby in the register

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

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