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Bullaun stone

Balrothery, County Dublin, Ireland

The record

Townland
Balrothery
County
Dublin
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not Indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not Indicated
Coordinates
53.58697, -6.18955
SMR number
DU005-009004-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 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)
  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (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

Archaeological monitoring (Excavation licence no. 04E0671) of an extension to the N of the existing graveyard (DU005-057005-) uncovered a bullaun stone in the topsoil of a formerly green area (Stevens 2007, 98-9). A roughly dressed, trapezoidal, limestone block (dims. L 33cm; Wth 26cm; H 13cm) contains a neatly carved, shallow, circular depression (diam. 12.5cm; D 8cm).

Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy

Date of upload: 1 October 2021

References

Stevens, P. 2007 St. Peter's Church, Balrothery. In I. Bennett (ed.) Excavations 2004: Summary accounts of archaeological excavations in Ireland, 98-9.

Nearby in the register

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

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