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Bullaun stone

Doire Leathan, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Doire Leathan, 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
Doire Leathan
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.63723, -8.62694
SMR number
DG096-038----

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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

A sheet of rock outcrop protruding above the surface of the ground has a deep bowl (top diam. 0.3m; base diam. 0.12m; D 0.25m) carved into its surface. The bullaun stone is located in a field with the remains of a ruinous cottage a few metres to the E. On the first edition of the Ordnance Survey 6-inch map this bullaun is located in the centre of a clochan or a clustered linear settlement. This bedrock mortar or bullaun stone appears to have been associated with this clustered settlement. A bullaun stone (DG096-037) is located in a similar clustered settlement 240m to the NNW.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: : 19 July 2010

Nearby in the register

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

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