What is recorded here
There is a small, rectangular bullaun stone (dims 0.43m x 0.42m; H 0.25m) with a single basin (dims 0.25-0.27m; D 0.1m) beside the head of a high cross (ME012-033002-) at the NE angle of the graveyard (ME012-033001-).
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 18 August, 2014
This bullaun stone, associated with a high cross in a graveyard, likely dates to the early medieval period (5th–11th centuries AD) and may have been used for ritual Christian purposes, such as baptisms or the preparation of holy water. Such stones often held spiritual significance and were integrated into ecclesiastical sites.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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