Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Leitrim North, County Sligo, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Leitrim North
- County
- Sligo
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.09869, -8.74566
- SMR number
- SL031-063----
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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. 50m SE of a rath (SL031-014001-). An oval stone (2.1m x 1.7m) with seven hollows (diam. 0.32-0.4m; D 0.1-0.15m) in its upper surface.
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:
SL031-063----_01.JPG Bullaun viewed from E
SL031-063----_02.JPG Bullaun stone with rath (SL031-014001-) visible in background
Updated upload: 6 July 2015
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- House - indeterminate dateunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.