What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Aghaderrard East is a large natural boulder with eight basins on its upper surface, sitting in mixed woodland above the shore of Lough Melvin and near an old court tomb. The repeated hollows suggest that people returned there to kneel, scrape or mark the rock across a long time. The lake, woods and buried chamber still surround it, making the place feel less like a forgotten object and more like a room where devotion kept returning.

Located in mixed woodland at the edge of a natural shelf overlooking the shore of Lough Melvin c. 60m to the N, and c. 70m NNW of court tomb (LE002-021----). This is a natural boulder (dims 2.5m x 1-1.5m; T 0.55-0.75m) with eight basins (diam. 0.18m; D 0.04m to 0.32m; D 0.1m) and one fragment of a basin on the upper surface. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 September 2008

This bullaun stone, likely dating to the Early Christian period, may have been used for ritual purposes such as the preparation of holy water. Its proximity to a Neolithic court tomb suggests a possible continuity of sacred landscape use.

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