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Bullaun stone in Curreentorpan

Bullaun stone

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Bullaun stone in Curreentorpan is a bullaun stone in Curreentorpan, County Roscommon, Ireland. The 0.75m x 0.5m stone has a single basin 0.5m across and 0.15m deep. It stands re-used as a grave-marker in the childrens burial ground surrounding the church.
A bullaun stone (dims 0.75m x 0.5m; T 0.25m) with a single basin (dims 0.5m x 0.4m; D 0.15m) is re-used as a grave-marker in the childrens burial ground (RO014-065002-) surrounding the church (RO014-065001-). Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010
Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone may have originally been used for ritual purification or as a holy water font. Its later reuse as a grave-marker reflects continuity of sacred significance in a Christian burial context.

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