Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone (present location)
Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lifford
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.83263, -7.47975
- SMR number
- DG071-010----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In back garden of house facing onto Foyle View street in the town of Lifford, Donegal. A large irregular shaped sandstone boulder (H 0.3-0.43m; 0.4m x 0.65m) with quartz inclusion that has a deep, smooth-sided, circular-shaped hollow (top diam. 0.27m; base diam. 0.12m; D 0.2m) in its upper surface. According to the owner of the house, this bullaun stone was originally located in the townland of Mullanalamphry beside Tawnawully Bridge close to the shoreline of Lough Eske (DG094-014----).
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien
Date of upload: 02 August 2012
Nearby in the register
- Town defencesunder 1 mi
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Historic townunder 1 mi
- Fortificationunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.