What is recorded here

Bullaun stones are conical basins cut for prayer or penance, and the Friarstown example is a very large granite boulder with one clear basin. It stood beside a field boundary near the ruined tower house before falling into rubble, moving from a place of repeated human discipline to a place of forgotten weight. The stone may have marked a boundary between ordinary life and deliberate suffering, its smooth cone shaped by patience rather than force.

The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 17 July 2007 Single conical section basin (diam. 0.25m; D 0.22m) in very large, formerly earthfast granite boulder. Described by ITA Survey (1945) as having stood beside adjacent field boundary, now lying with rubble of Friarstown tower house (CW008-018002-).

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