What is recorded here
Situated on the SE slope of Glassamucky Mountain. This is a large earthfast boulder marking the corner of a townland and county boundary (dims. L 3.2m; Wth 1.65m). There are two hollows in the SE end of the boulder (Dims. Of hollows L 0.55m; Wth 0.43m; 0.1m; D. 0.50; Wth 0.35m, respectively). There is another circular hollow on the N face (diam. 0.4m; D 0.14m).
Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy
Uploaded on: 28 July 2018
Likely dating to the early Christian or later prehistoric period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as a site of pilgrimage. Its position at a boundary suggests it may have had symbolic or territorial significance.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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