Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Cloon West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloon West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.92965, -9.88691
- SMR number
- KE082-020003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Lying on the surface of Leacht KE079-020002- are two bullauns. The first (KE082-020003-) of these irregular boulders measures .45m x .4m; its upper surface has a circular depression, .32m in diameter and .1m deep.
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 938. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 July 2013
This monument is subject to a preservation order made under the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014 (PO no. 4/1976).
Nearby in the register
- Leachtunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed pillar (present location)under 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.