What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Kilcummin is a bullaun stone in Kilcummin, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands upright in pasture about 25 metres east southeast of a cashel. The stone measures 0.8 metres high, 0.8 metres wide and 0.4 metres thick. It carries a circular hollow 0.3 metres across and 0.12 metres deep.

In pasture, c. 25m ESE of a cashel (SL031-003----). A stone (H 0.8m; Wth 0.8m; T 0.4m) with a circular hollow (diam. 0.3m; D 0.12m) has been placed in an upright position. According to local information, people prayed at this stone in the past. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Sligo' compiled by Ursula Egan, Elizabeth Byrne, Mary Sleeman with Sheila Ronan and Connie Murphy (Dublin Stationery Office, 2005). Attached images: SL031-003001-_01 viewed from ESE SL031-003001-_02 viewed from ESE, with cluster of trees in the background marking the location of a cashel (SL031-003----) and burial ground (SL031-003002-). Date of updated upload: 6 July 2015

This bullaun stone, likely dating to the early Christian period (5th–10th centuries AD), was probably used for ritual or devotional purposes, such as the preparation of holy water. Its placement near a cashel suggests a connection to early monastic or settlement activity in the area.

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