What is recorded here

Bullaun stones are associated with ascetic prayer and fasting. The hexagonal stone at Lullymore holds a shallow circular hollow large enough for a kneeling person to rest a body part or immerse a limb. Its placement inside the graveyard suggests the hollow served devotion rather than ornamentation. The stone may have marked a place where hardship was practiced openly, turning the body into an instrument of prayer beside the buried dead.

In a graveyard (KD012-006005-) which forms part of the early ecclesiastical site at Lullymore (KD012-006----). A roughly hexagonal-shaped stone (dims. L c. 1m; Wth c. 1m; T c. 0.2m) contains a shallow, circular hollow (diam. c. 0.5m; D c. 0.12m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 10 June 2011

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as a baptismal font. Such stones are often associated with monastic or ecclesiastical sites and may also have had pre-Christian, symbolic significance.

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