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Bullaun stone in Kilcashel

Bullaun stone

What is recorded here

According to local information, a bullaun stone was found at an enclosure (MA073-039----). The enclosure was levelled during land reclamation and the bullaun stone was removed to its present location (MA073-043----) on top of a field wall 50m to S. Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 22 June 2021
A bullaun stone, often associated with early Christian or prehistoric ritual use, likely dates to the early medieval period and may have been used for anointing or as a holy site. Local tradition sometimes links such stones to saintly figures or healing practices.

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