Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Killurin, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killurin
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.22302, -7.56043
- SMR number
- OF024-022002-
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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
Situated on a slight rise in an area of undulating countryside with good views. Poorly preserved ruins of a rectangular church (OF024-022001-). Bullaun stone (OF024-022002-) located at W end of church. No surface trace of earthworks (OF024-022003-) depicted on OS 6-inch map to E and S of church. According to Comerford (1883, 196-7) there was a burial ground (OF024-022005-) located here which was abandoned in the mid-19th-century and was used subsequently as a burial place for unbaptised children (OF024-022006-) with castle (OF024-055) located nearby. No surface trace of any burial ground or castle survives.
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
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy tree/bushunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.