BULLAUN: KNOCKING STONE in Ballynoe

The official Northern Ireland record identifies this as BULLAUN: KNOCKING STONE. Recorded period: UNCERTAIN. The official map point was placed at the centre of the recorded archaeological site from the source map reference.

Likely dating to the early medieval period, bullauns were often used for ritual purposes, such as anointing with holy water or as part of Christian pilgrimage practices, though they may have had earlier prehistoric significance. Local folklore sometimes associates them with healing or with being "knocking stones" used to divine the presence of treasure or illness.