Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Rathbaun (tirawley By., Kilbelfad Par.), County Mayo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathbaun (tirawley By., Kilbelfad Par.)
- County
- Mayo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.08099, -9.21024
- SMR number
- MA039-043001-
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Shown on 4 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
At an enclosure (MA039-043002-). This records the original location of a bullaun stone which was found at an unknown date during Land Project work (NMI topographical finds). According to local information, it was removed by a priest to its present location (MA039-043003-) in the grounds of Rathduff Roman Catholic church, c. 500m to W. It consists of an irregular-shaped boulder (L 1.5m; Wth 1m; H 0.85m) on flat upper surface of which there are two close-set, shallow hollows. One hollow is circular (diam. 0.33m) in plan, and the other oval (0.43m; 0.36m), each c. 0.08-0.1m depth.
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 5 February 2020
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.