What is recorded here

Kilcar graveyard holds a small irregular stone with an oval depression worn into its top, the kind of mark repeated wherever prayer or promise needed a visible shape. Nobody records when the hollow first caught water or fingers, but the stone still sits inside the burial ground, waiting for attention. Its unknown age does not weaken it; it refuses to be reduced into a date or a display case.

Located within Kilcar graveyard (DG096-010007-). This bullaun stone consists of an irregularly-shaped stone (0.46m x 0.24m; H 0.24m) with an approximately oval-shaped depression (0.15m x 0.13m; D c. 0.1m) in the centre of the upper surface. It was first noted in 2018, and its exact provenance is unknown. Attached images: DG096-010010-_01.JPG DG096-010010-_02.JPG Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 24 April 2018

Likely dating to the early Christian period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, such as anointing with holy water or as part of ecclesiastical practices. They are sometimes associated with local saints or folklore, though specific traditions for this stone are not recorded.

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