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Bullaun stone

Butterhill, County Wicklow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Bullaun stone, Butterhill, County Wicklow, 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
Butterhill
County
Wicklow
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.17194, -6.49643
SMR number
WI005-125----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (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

Located at what was a N-facing slope overlooking the valley of the River Liffey before it was flooded and turned into the Pollaphuca reservoir. The reduced water level has revealed archaeological features on the newly exposed ground.
The granite stone is D-shaped in plan with two straight edges (L 42cm and 23cm), although it has a maximum ‘width’ of 40cm, almost as great as its long side. The height varies from 14cm to 22 cm and it has probably been shaped into its present form, which would just about contain one basin when completed. The underside is generally rounded but it has a skelp removed which was probably accidental and accounts for the different height of the stone at different sides. The upper surface has a single basin (diam. 19cm x 20cm; max. D 4cm). The peck marks used to excavate the basin can be seen clearly, so the bullaun stone was never finished and used as otherwise the surface of the basin would have been ground smooth.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Michael Moore

Date of upload: 4 October 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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