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Bullaun stone in Glebe (muskerry West By., Clondrohid Par.)

Bullaun stone

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Death and memory entangle in this place. The chamber holds an chamber of chambers, a room within a room where forgotten things still turn. What you seek may return shaped by the chamber's own hunger.
One of two bullaun stones (CO070-039001-) outside gates of Clondrohid graveyard (CO070-039002-), located against W wall of graveyard and cemented into place. Subrectangular stone (H 0.2m; 0.63m x 0.57m) with circular hollow (diam. 0.36m; D 0.05m) on upper surface. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/
Probably dates to the early Christian period (5th–10th century). Bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, such as anointing or as holy water basins, and may have had Christian or pre-Christian symbolic significance.

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