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Balnabual, Bishop's Stone

Font (period Unassigned)

What is recorded here

Scotland's National Record of the Historic Environment records Balnabual, Bishop's Stone as Font (period Unassigned). The official map says its point is accurate as follows: NGR given to the nearest 1km. The record does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.
Balnabual, also known as the Bishop's Stone, is traditionally associated with St Bual or St Baoithin, a 6th-century Irish monk and missionary linked to early Christian activity in western Scotland. The site may have been used as a holy well or baptismal font, reflecting a blend of Christian and pre-Christian ritual practices common in such locations.

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