Bullán, bullaun stone in County Cork (CO071-081----)

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What is recorded here

Not shown on 1842 and 1901 OS 6-inch maps; marked on 1938 OS 6-inch map just inside field fence to W of road and close to S bank of River Lee. Relocated across road in Macloneigh graveyard (CO071-082001-) prior to flooding of Lee Valley Hydro-electric Scheme. Irregular stone (H 0.34m; 1.1m x 0.7m) with upper surface of two irregular planes; circular hollow (0.31m x 0.29m; D 0.16m) on steeply sloping plane. Recorded by Fahy (1957b, 75) prior to relocation, who also noted smaller hollow on level plane measuring '....6ins in diameter and 11/2ins deep'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO071-081

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