Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Rathdrum, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathdrum
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.30597, -7.38945
- SMR number
- OF009-027002-
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
Large bullaun stone located on top of high ground with good extensive views with destroyed cairn (OF009-027001-) immediately to the S. According to the landowner people from all over Ireland come to visit this stone because of its curative powers. The stone is embedded in a flower bed, the visible portion of the stone (H 0.5m; top diam. 0.8m) has a hollow depression (Wth 0.3m; D 0.3m) which contains several votive offerings.
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
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Stone head (present location)under 1 mi
- Stone headunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.