Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Ballina (ballycowan By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballina (ballycowan By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.30425, -7.64253
- SMR number
- OF008-037002-
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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
Unable to locate bullaun stone that was located in S quadrant of graveyard (OF008-037001-). Described in 1977 as 'long narrow burial ground approx. 58m long by East-West by 17m N-S at its widest part. The burial ground is surrounded by a stone wall. There is no visible trace of a church. In the western end of the graveyard is a stone wall enclosing a rectangular area the private burial ground of the 'Featherstone H' family. Inside the wall of the burial ground on the south is what appears to be a bullaun stone. This is set in a depression in the ground and is full of water. The sides and top of the stone are now covered with earth and grass making it impossible to examine the stone in detail. This appears to be a 17th or 18th century burial ground. It is still in use' (ASI file 1977).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- House - 17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.