What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Drumacoo: A triangular limestone boulder with a circular bowl at its west end sits beside the old road leading to the church. Monks may have knelt there for hours, pressing flesh against cold stone until prayer became pain and pain became clarity. The road has vanished, the church stands changed, but the bowl remains shallow enough to touch and deep enough to remember.

Circa 100m to the NE of the church (GA103-118001-) at the monastic complex in Drumacoo, this bullaun stone is incorporated into the delimiting edge of a former roadway (GA103-118010-) that originally provided access to the church (information from Dr C. Cunniffe, 2011). It consists of a limestone boulder (L 1m; H 0.3m) that is roughly triangular in plan and varies in width from 0.65m at the W end to 0.5m at the E end. It is 0.35m high. A circular bowl (diam. 0.23m; D 0.17m) occupies its W end. Compiled by: Olive Alcock Date of upload: 15 December 2016

Likely dating to the early medieval period, this bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water, and is associated with the nearby monastic complex. Such stones often feature in local folklore as sites of spiritual or healing significance.

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