Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Cill Ura Thoir, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cill Ura Thoir
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.12980, -10.40586
- SMR number
- KE052-037----
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 2 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 stone stands upright on the E side of the road passing through Kildurrihy village. It stands 1.22m high and is 2.3m wide and .3 to .5m thick. On its E face is a roughly circular depression, .27 to .3m in diameter, .15m deep and almost conical in section. On its W face are 3 possible cup-marks and 4 incised crosses; the latter were apparently executed within living memory (local information). The stone allegedly once lay prostrate beyond the farmhouse on the W side of the road and it is possible that the depression on its E face is a bullaun.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 967. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 7 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.