Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Carrowgilhooly, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrowgilhooly
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.25356, -8.67205
- SMR number
- SL013-106001-
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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 in a farmyard to rear of shed. The stone (H 0.25m; Wth 0.35m) is roughly pentagonal in plan and is bowl shaped in section with a rounded bottom. The bowl is circular (diam. 0.25m; D 0.16m) and round bottomed. The stone is purposely shaped but there is no visible tooling or decoration.
Compiled by: Mark Keegan
Date of upload: 19 January 2011
Nearby in the register
- Cross-slabunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.