What is recorded here
During land clearance, bones, one double bullaun stone (CW017-010001-) and two single-basin bullauns (CW017-010002- and CW017-010003-), a circular shallow stone basin (CW017-010004-) and a small stone stoup or mortar (CW007-010005-) were uncovered; later removed to Tullow Parochial House.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Likely dating to the early medieval period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual or Christian purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as baptismal fonts. They may also have had earlier prehistoric associations with ritual activity or stone worship.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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