Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Deerpark (Rathdown By.), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Deerpark (Rathdown By.)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Praying stone
- Coordinates
- 53.14746, -6.20260
- SMR number
- WI007-041----
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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)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Named 'Praying stone' on the OS 6-inch map it was described by Price (1957, 287-8) as a large boulder with four 'artificial hollows' on the bank of the River Dargle. The area was inspected in 1989 and again in 2012. There is no visible surface indication of this boulder. The river course at this point has been degraded considerably as a result of storms and it is very likely that the bank where the boulder lay has been carried away by flood waters.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 17 February 2012
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Moundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.