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Cupmarked stone

Gubalaun, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Cupmarked stone, Gubalaun, County Leitrim, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Gubalaun
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.39630, -8.11823
SMR number
LE005-003007-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1869 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1922 · Ireland - northern section. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Situated on flat, low-lying ground c. 150m from the S shore of Lough Melvin and within the graveyard (LE005-003002-) of Rossinver church. A stone (Wth 0.5m; H 0.29m-0.33m plus; T 0.09m) with two cup-marks is re-used as a headstone. (Weir 1980, 173-4)

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Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of revised upload: 3 July, 2017

Weir, A. 1980 Early Ireland: a field guide. Belfast. Blackstaff Press.

Nearby in the register

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

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