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Bullaun stone

Garranmore (Youghalarra Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Garranmore (Youghalarra Par.), County Tipperary North, 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
Garranmore (Youghalarra Par.)
County
Tipperary North
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
52.89669, -8.32875
SMR number
TN014-078001-

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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)
  • 1811 · 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 a slight hollow, on NE facing slope of rising ground overlooking Lough Derg to N and E, higher ground to W and SW. The shoreline of Lough Derg is 650m to NE. St. Conlan's church (TN014-015001-) and graveyard (TN014-015002-) 1.4km to SE. Second bullaun stone (TN014-078002-) 1.2m downslope to E. A roughly rectangular earthfast conglomerate boulder (dims. 1.8m x 2m; H 0.27m) with a single bowl-shaped water-filled hollow (top diam. 0.41m; base diam. 0.3m; D 0.2m) on its upper surface close to E edge of stone. According to local tradition these stones were believed to be the site of a mass rock.

Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien

Date of upload: 07 July 2014

Nearby in the register

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

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