Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Annagh More (leyny By.), County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annagh More (leyny By.)
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.16467, -8.53345
- SMR number
- SL026-049001-
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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
Opposite the front door of the house named Annaghmore on the 1838 and 1913 OS 6-inch maps. A sandstone bullaun stone (0.61m x 0.47m; H 0.4m) with a depression (0.32m x 0.29m; D 0.22m) in its upper surface. According to local information, it has been at its present location for at least the last 70 years. Another bullaun stone (SL026-150----) was noted in 1986 within the Annaghmore estate. (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005).
Date of upload: 18 January 2008
Nearby in the register
- House - 16th/17th centuryunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.