Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Loughgur, County Limerick, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Loughgur
- County
- Limerick
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Bullaun (1927)
- Coordinates
- 52.52043, -8.51727
- SMR number
- LI032-038----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Described by O'Kelly (1944, 28) as following: 'This is a circular hole cut in a piece of naturally outcropping rock. It measures 1' [0.3m] in diameter at the top and is 1' 3" [0.38m] deep. Locally it is called a wart well'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 2 October 2010
References
O'Kelly, M.J. 1944 A survey of the antiquities in the barony of Small County, Co. Limerick. North Munster Antiquarian Journal 4, 16-53.
Nearby in the register
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- House - medievalunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.