What is recorded here

Half a metre of grey rock, wide enough for two people to sit beside and narrow enough that neither could hide behind it, in open pasture where the road still passes. Three hollows cut through its top like cups waiting for rain, each one deep enough to hold a palm and each one shaped as if someone had decided water must move, not sit. The largest spills north, the smallest spills south, and the middle one catches what falls between them. A stone like that does not need a legend to be believed. It is a legend that has stopped pretending.

In pasture, on E side of road c. 40m N of standing stone (10038) and c. 350m S of early ecclesiastical enclosure (13882). Subrectangular stone (1.4m x 0.75m; H 0.55m) with three hollows on upper surface. Largest hollow (diam. 0.38m; D 0.2m) in NW corner with overflow channel on N side. Second hollow (diam. 0.33m; D 0.23m) immediately to SE of latter. Third hollow (diam. 0.2m x 0.32m; D 0.2m) on S side with overflow channel on S side. Probably same stone as that described by Power (1932, 63) as 'five feet by two by three, with three cup-shaped and artificial cavities of bullan type' lying near church (14433). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 4: North Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2000). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the hollows on the upper surface of Bullán, Killeenemer may have been used for ritual or agricultural purposes, such as holding offerings, water, or seeds. Similar stones are sometimes associated with early religious or communal practices in the landscape.

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