Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Mount Temple, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mount Temple
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.40897, -8.49854
- SMR number
- SL005-195----
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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
In the garden of a private house. This bullaun stone consists of a sandstone boulder (0.68m by 0.66m; H 0.35m), rather rounded or subcircular in shape and profile, with a rough, pitted surface. There is a circular hollow (diam. 0.24m; D 0.15m) off-centre in the upper surface. The sides of the hollow appear to be relatively vertical towards the top, but incline gently inwards to merge seamlessly with a gently rounded base.
According to local information, this bullaun stone came from Doonowney townland. It was found amongst stone rubble in the garden of a 19th-century vernacular stone cottage, while the cottage was being demolished. The exact origin of the stone, however, is uncertain (pers. comm. Leo Leydon, 2019).
Attached images:
SL005-195----_01.JPG
SL005-195----_02.JPG
Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 25 February 2019
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.