What is recorded here
There is a granite bullaun stone (dims 0.88m x 0.66m; H 0.23m) with a single basin (dims 0.34m x 0.32m; D 0.2m) set in the ground outside NW corner of Kilcowan church (WX046-042001-) within the graveyard (WX046-042004-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 20 August, 2013
Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purification or as a font for holy water. Such stones are often associated with church sites and may have had both religious and folkloric significance in the local community.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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