Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Drumlohan, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Drumlohan
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Bullan
- Coordinates
- 52.16303, -7.46517
- SMR number
- WA024-033005-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Located on a gentle S-facing slope overlooking a river basin to the S and E. There is a subrectangular bullaun stone of Old Red Sandstone (dims. c. 1m x 0.7m) with a single basin (diam. 0.4m; D 0.18m) at the enclosure (WA024-033002-). There is a souterrain (WA024-033004-) with associated ogham stones (WA024-033006- to WA024-033015-) nearby. (Kirwan 1985; 1987)
Compiled by: Michael Moore.
Date of upload: 9th August, 2010.
References
Kirwan, E.M. 1985 The ogham stones at Drumlohan reconsidered. Decies, no. 29, 6-12.
Kirwan, E.M. 1987 Drumlohan: a survey of its antiquities. Decies, no. 35, 33-40.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Field boundaryunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.