Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Kilcummin, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcummin
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.11824, -8.74374
- SMR number
- SL031-003001-
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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 pasture, c. 25m ESE of a cashel (SL031-003----). A stone (H 0.8m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.4m) with a circular hollow (diam. 0.3m; D 0.12m) has been placed in an upright position. According to local information, people prayed at this stone in the past.
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).
Attached images:
SL031-003001-_01 viewed from ESE
SL031-003001-_02 viewed from ESE, with cluster of trees in the background marking the location of a cashel (SL031-003----) and burial ground (SL031-003002-).
Date of updated upload: 6 July 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Megalithic tomb - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.