Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Drumcliff South, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumcliff South
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.31802, -8.48010
- SMR number
- SL008-210----
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 1869 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located in grounds of Rathcormack Catholic church, on the SW side of the church, at a modern shrine to St. Columcille.
This bullaun stone is cemented into the flat top of a modern stone-built circular pillar (diam. 0.75m; H 0.9m), so that only the upper surface (0.53m by 0.48m) of the bullaun stone is visible. It is roughly square with rounded corners, and has a central circular hollow (diam. 0.25m; D 0.11m), which appears to be steep-sided with a flat base. The hollow was water-filled at the time of visit. According to local information, the bullaun stone was brought here from Urlar townland, but its exact provenance is unknown (pers. comm. Tamlyn McHugh, April 2018).
Attached images:
SL008-210----_01.JPG Location of bullaun stone, viewed from W
SL008-210----_01.JPG Top of bullaun stone, viewed from E
Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy
Date of upload: 21 August 2018
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Embanked enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.