Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Kilross, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilross
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Fonts
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.19371, -8.41557
- SMR number
- SL021-055002-
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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
In 1836 'two holy water pots (fonts)' (see SL021-055002-), one of which was built into the road, were recorded in Kilross townland (OSNB no. 2, 246). These were indicated on the 1838 OS 6-inch map and named 'Fonts', c. 80m W of Kilross Church (SL021-056001-). The area is covered with overgrowth and they were not located. Wood-Martin (1882 vol. 3, 352) mentioned that two wells in this area were marked by 'two large rocks, one of them sculptured, and called the "holy-water stone"...' The precise nature of these 'holy water pots' is uncertain, and the possibility that these were bullaun stones cannot be excluded.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 20 June 2011
References
OSNB Co. Sligo -Ordnance Survey Name Books Co. Sligo. 2 volumes. National Library Transcript
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Crossunder 1 mi
- Pillar stoneunder 1 mi
- Pillar stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.