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Bullaun stone

Doire Leathan, County Donegal, Ireland

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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

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

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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