What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Ballinphull (carbury By., Cliffony North Ed) is a bullaun stone in Ballinphull (carbury By., Cliffony North Ed), County Sligo, Ireland. It stands in a private house garden in Cliffony village as a squarish sandstone boulder, 0.5 metres wide, 0.6 metres long and 0.5 metres high, with rounded corners and relatively vertical sides. Its flat top measures 0.5 metres by 0.48 metres and holds a central circular hollow 0.25 metres across and 0.15 to 0.2 metres deep. Local information says it came from Agharrow townland near Staad Abbey, but its exact origin remains uncertain.

In Cliffony village, in the garden of a private house. This bullaun stone consists of a sandstone boulder (0.5m by 0.6m; H 0.5m) which is squarish in shape and profile, with rounded corners. The sides are relatively vertical, with a rough, uneven finish, and the top/upper surface (0.5m by 0.48m) is flat and smooth. There is a circular hollow (diam. 0.25m; D 0.15-0.2m) in the centre of the upper surface. The hollow appears to be relatively straight-sided, with the sides inclining inward slightly to meet a flattish base. According to local information, this bullaun stone came from Agharrow townland, somewhere in the vicinity of Staad Abbey (SL005-022001-); however, its exact provenance is uncertain. Notified to NMS by Leo Leyden. Attached images: SL002-058----_01.JPG SL002-058----_02.JPG: Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 25 February 2019

Likely dating to the early Christian or later prehistoric period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as sites of pilgrimage. They are sometimes associated with local folklore and saintly traditions.

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