What is recorded here

Bullaun is a Galway stone with two cut basins, the larger one deep enough to hold a child's both hands inside its shadow. It lies in pastureland not far from St. Brecan's Church, where grass grows around its edges and rain fills the wells again and again. People may have knelt there, poured water out, or simply touched the smooth stone before leaving the church behind.

In pastureland c. 50m to the SW of 'St. Brecan's Church' (GA068-061001-). This irregularly shaped bullaun stone (L 1.25m; Wth 1m) bears two circular basins, both of which are regularly cut and even in outline. The N basin (diam. 0.35m; D 0.17m) is slightly smaller than the S one (diam. 0.45m; D 0.35m). (Kinahan 1868, 78) The following image has been uploaded: GA068-061003-_01.jpg Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 10 July 2023

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the bullaun stone at Rosscahill East may have had a ritual or Christian significance, possibly associated with St. Brecan's Church nearby. Such stones were often used for anointing or symbolic washing in religious practice.

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