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Bullaun stone

Mullaun, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Mullaun, County Sligo, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Mullaun
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.09258, -8.79003
SMR number
SL031-066----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In pasture, in the E corner of a modern rectilinear field. Ground rises gently to NW. Two broadly oval depressions (0.37cm by 0.33m; D 0.06-0.08m) are evident on the flat upper surface of a prostrate limestone slab (2m NE–SW; 1.3m NW–SE; H 0.3m) which is embedded in the ground surface. There is a rath (SL031-027----) 200m to WNW.

Attached image:
SL031-066----_01.JPG from S
SL031-066----_02.JPG from NW

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 6 July 2015

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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