Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Knockane (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockane (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.40042, -9.84291
- SMR number
- KE014-019----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This irregularly shaped stone is situated to the NW of Toberlacken holy well (KE014-020001-). It is a sandstone block, 1.1m x .9m x .6m, with a circular hole in its centre, .17m in diameter and .12m deep. According to the Kerry Field Notes (1939, 25-33), this stone was just dug out of the earth. In the Kerry Field Notes of 1940 it is referred to as a siege stone.
The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1102. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 3 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.