Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Inishmurray, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishmurray
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.43081, -8.65561
- SMR number
- SL001-002004-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located outside Templenaman church (SL001-002001-), at the S wall, adjacent to the doorway.
This is as described by Wakeman (1893, 122): ‘A very rough boulder-looking stone, one foot nine inches [0.53m] in length, by one foot two inches [0.35m] in breadth. Its bowl is ten inches [0.25m] in diameter and of considerable depth.’ According to Mountbatten (1972), this bullaun was used for baptisms in the modern period.
This is a National Monument (no. 117) in state ownership.
The above description is derived from the results of a survey of the archaeological monuments on Inishmurray undertaken in 1997-1999 and published in:
Jerry O’Sullivan and Tomás Ó Carragáin 2008 Inishmurrary. Monks and pilgrims in an Atlantic landscape. Volume 1: Archaeological Survey and Excavations 1997-2000. Cork. The Collins Press.
Date of upload: 16 January 2018
References
Mountbatten of Burma 1972 Inishmurray. Unpublished typescript, private collection.
Wakeman, W.F. 1893 Survey of the Antiquarian Remains on the Island of Inishmurray. Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (special volume 1893. London.
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed pillarunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.