What is recorded here
Bullaun stone in Church Hill is a bullaun stone in Church Hill, County Roscommon, Ireland. The limestone block measures 0.60m x 0.55m and rises 0.5m, forming a central circular basin 0.3m across and 0.19m deep. It remains inside the church, marked RO007-038001-.
There is a bullaun stone of limestone (dims 0.60m x 0.55m; H 0.5m) with a central, circular basin (diam. 0.3m; D 0.19m) within the church (RO007-038001-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Likely dating to the early Christian period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as baptismal fonts. They may also have had earlier prehistoric associations, reflecting continuity of sacred sites through different cultural periods.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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