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Bullaun stone

Lisdrumgran, County Leitrim, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Lisdrumgran, 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
Lisdrumgran
County
Leitrim
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicted
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.18128, -8.13707
SMR number
LE018-057----

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 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)
  • 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Located towards the top of the N-facing slope of a drumlin in a coniferous forest. This is a sandstone boulder (dims 2.5m x 2.6m; max. H 0.9m) with six circular basins (diam. 0.21-0.28m; D 0.08-0.14m) on its upper surface along the E edge of the stone along the E edge.

See the attached view taken from the SW.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 23 September 2008
Amended: 29 September 2020

Nearby in the register

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

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