What is recorded here

Knockane holds a sandstone block with a small circular hole, marking it as a bullaun stone beside Toberlacken holy well. It may have served meditation, prayer or the quiet discipline of a hermit, while later people called it a siege stone. The hole is small enough to touch and large enough to imagine, keeping the place alive through wonder rather than certainty.

This irregularly shaped stone is situated to the NW of Toberlacken holy well (KE014-020001-). It is a sandstone block, 1.1m x .9m x .6m, with a circular hole in its centre, .17m in diameter and .12m deep. According to the Kerry Field Notes (1939, 25-33), this stone was just dug out of the earth. In the Kerry Field Notes of 1940 it is referred to as a siege stone. The above description is derived from C. Toal, ‘North Kerry Archaeological Survey’. Dingle. Brandon in association with FAS Training and Employment Authority (1995), no. 1102. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 3 August 2013

Likely dating to the early Christian or prehistoric period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as pilgrimage sites. This stone may have been associated with the nearby holy well, reflecting a tradition linking sacred water sources with stone rituals in Irish folklore and religious practice.

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