Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Magheraghanrush Or Deer Park, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Magheraghanrush Or Deer Park
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.27741, -8.37180
- SMR number
- SL015-059003-
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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 interior of a cashel (SL015-059001-). Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Recorded by Milligan (1890-1, 579) on the E side of the cashel as a 'stone like font with a basin cavity: it is 2 feet 10 inches [0.86m] high, and about 2 feet [0.6m] square on its upper surface, which is flat; the basin is about 5 inches deep [0.13m] and 11 inches [0.28m]in diameter.' No visible surface trace.
Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan
Date of upload: 21 April 2011
References
Milligan, S.F. 1890-91 Ancient forts in County Sligo. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 21, 574-82.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.