Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Bullaun stone
Killowen (shelburne By.), County Wexford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Killowen (shelburne By.)
- County
- Wexford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.33506, -6.97677
- SMR number
- WX034-043002-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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. A bullaun stone (dims. 0.9m x 0.45m; H 0.35m) with a single basin (diam. 0.28m; D 8 cm) is inside the perimeter of enclosure (WX034-043001-) at the S corner. (Westropp 1918, 13)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 13 September, 2012
References
Westropp, T.J. 1918 Five large earthworks in the barony of Shelbourne, Co. Wexford, Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquries of Ireland, vol. 48, 1-18.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosure - large enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
- Road - road/trackwayunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.