Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Gortaclade, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gortaclade
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.24729, -7.26622
- SMR number
- WA008-035----
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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
Situated towards the bottom of a gentle E-facing slope. An oval shale stone (dims. 1.7m x 1.2m) is embedded in the ground, with three complete basins (diam. 0.26m; D 0.16m: diam. 0.45m; D 0.18m: diam. 0.26m; D 0.16m) and a portion of a fourth (diam. 0.28m; D 0.14m). (Power 1952, 370)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload/revision: 4th November, 2010.
References
Power, Rev. P. 1952 (second ed.) The placenames of the Decies. Cork University Press.
Nearby in the register
- Kiln - corn-dryingunder 1 mi
- Excavation - miscellaneousunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.