What is recorded here
Bullan stone (dims. 0.3m x 0.5m) containing a shallow single depression (dims. 0.2m x 0.15m x 0.05m) now located inside chapter house of the Franciscan Friary (OF025-017001-) (Fitzpatrick and O'Brien 1998, 27-28).
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien.
Date of upload: 23 May 2011
Dated to the early medieval period, the Bullaun stone in Killeigh was likely used for ritual or ecclesiastical purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as a baptismal font. Such stones often held symbolic or spiritual significance and were sometimes associated with early Christian sites or holy wells.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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