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Bullaun stone

Cill Charthaigh, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Cill Charthaigh, County Donegal, 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
Cill Charthaigh
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.63278, -8.59781
SMR number
DG096-010010-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1881 map "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located within Kilcar graveyard (DG096-010007-).
This bullaun stone consists of an irregularly-shaped stone (0.46m x 0.24m; H 0.24m) with an approximately oval-shaped depression (0.15m x 0.13m; D c. 0.1m) in the centre of the upper surface. It was first noted in 2018, and its exact provenance is unknown.

Attached images:
DG096-010010-_01.JPG
DG096-010010-_02.JPG

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 24 April 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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