What is recorded here
On a slight rise in a low-lying landscape. The basin of a bullaun stone (dims 0.5m x 0.35m; D 0.2m) is cut in bedrock c. 20m SW of the graveyard (RO051-018002-) of Cloonakille church (RO051-018001-), but it is no longer visible and the exact location is not precisely known.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Likely dating to the early Christian period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual purification or as holy water basins associated with churches or monastic sites. This example may have been linked to the nearby Cloonakille church and its graveyard, reflecting a tradition of sacred space in the landscape.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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