Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Clonlonan, County Westmeath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Clonlonan
- County
- Westmeath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.38116, -7.75925
- SMR number
- WM036-019----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (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
Situated in pasture, on a slight S-facing slope, adjacent to a field fence running NNW-SSE. A horizontal watermill (WM036-020----) lies c. 70m to SW and a Clonlonan Castle (WM036-018----) stands c. 190m to W. Not depicted on OS maps. Monument described in 1977 as a large, flat limestone slab (L 1.15m; T 0.2-0.3m) with a circular-shaped depression (approx. diam. 0.4m; D 0.2m) on its upper surface. According to local information, a hollow in the field was used as a children's burial ground (WM036-019001-) to N of bullaun stone.
Compiled by Alison McQueen, Vera Rahilly and Caimin O’Brien.
Date of upload: 28 November 2019
Nearby in the register
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
- Water mill - horizontal-wheeledunder 1 mi
- Castle - tower houseunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.