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Bullaun stone in Dromdarrig

Bullaun stone

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That is a bullaun stone, a prayer basin worn by generations of kneeling hands, and it still stands in Mungret graveyard beside the church wall. The hollow is shallow enough to touch but deep enough to hold water after rain, marking the exact place where bodies bent repeatedly toward heaven. Dromdarrig gives the stone its identity, while Mungret gives it its address. Together they point to one small rock that measured devotion not in words but in pressure, patience and time.
In Mungret graveyard (LI013-009004-) immediately S of S wall of church (LI013-009005-) close to SW angle are the remains of an irregular shaped stone (dims. 0.56m x 0.83m x 0.2m) with deep circular-shaped hollow (top diam. 0.22m; base diam. 5m; D 0.15-0.2m) on the edge of the stone. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload: 30 October 2018
Likely dating to the early medieval period, the Bullaun stone in Dromdarrig was probably used for the preparation of holy water or as part of Christian ritual practices. Such stones are often associated with monastic or ecclesiastical sites and may have had both religious and symbolic significance.

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