Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Kilbeg, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilbeg
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13231, -6.47403
- SMR number
- WI010-012----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated on a gentle NNW-facing slope above a steeper valley slope to the NW. Two bullaun stones- (1) Large flat-topped earthfast boulder (dims. 2.55m x 1.30m; T 0.47m) with six basins in the upper surface [WI010-012----]. (2) The other stone (dims 0.8m x 0.75m), situated 19m to the NE, has a single basin [WI010-012001-].
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 20 November 2012
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Fontunder 1 mi
- Cross-inscribed stoneunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.