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Bullaun stone (present location)

Rathduff (Tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone (present location), Rathduff, County Mayo, 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
Rathduff (Tirawley By.)
County
Mayo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.08063, -9.21914
SMR number
MA039-043003-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 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)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the grounds of Rathduff church. According to local information, this bullaun stone was brought here by a priest from its original location (MA039-043001-) at an enclosure (MA039-043002-). It consists of an irregular-shaped boulder (L 1.5m; Wth 1m; H 0.85m) on the flat upper surface of which there are two close-set 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 in depth. A plaque adjacent to the stone names it as ‘Carrowmore mass rock’.

Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 5 February 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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