What is recorded here

Kilnarovanagh holds a flat, irregular stone with a smooth circular hollow cut into its centre. The bowl is wide enough for a cupped hand but shallow enough to hold rainwater or tears. People may have knelt beside it in darkness, pressing palms into the worn depression while the graveyard stood silent around them. The stone does not demand belief, but it invites touch, memory and the kind of prayer that needs no words.

In a graveyard (KE057-050----). An irregularly shaped stone (L 0.95m; Wth 0.75m; T 0.2m), with a circular bowl-shaped hollow (diam. 0.4m; D 0.06m) in the centre, lies flat on the ground. Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork. Date of upload: 31 January 2011

Likely dating to the early Christian or later prehistoric period, bullaun stones were traditionally used for grinding herbs or holy substances, often associated with monastic or ritual activity. Local folklore sometimes links them to saintly figures or healing practices.

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