Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone (present location)
Rathduff (tirawley By.), County Mayo, Ireland
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-
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 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (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
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.