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Bullaun stone

Carrownaleck, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Carrownaleck, 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
Carrownaleck
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
54.12168, -8.73258
SMR number
SL032-234----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 4. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the garden of a modern house. A granite boulder (1.65m NE−SW; 1.15m NW−SE; H 0.36m), roughly lozenge-shaped in plan, with a circular, bowl-shaped hollow (0.32m E−W; 35m N−S; D 0.2m) in the upper surface towards the NE end. The stone has a slightly domed upper surface and gently rounded sides and corners. The surface is moderately moss-covered.
According to local information, the bullaun stone was discovered in the early 2000’s c. 35m to NE in the pasture field immediately to E of the house, at approximately ITM 552143 819451. It was found in a field ditch bordering the field fence on the N side of the field, which is bordered by a road. The bullaun stone may have been associated with a rath (SL032-002001-) which is located c. 15m to S.

Attached images:
SL032-234----_01.JPG viewed from NW
SL032-234----_02.JPG viewed from SE

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 21 July 2022

Nearby in the register

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

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