What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Magheraghanrush OR Deer Park is a bullaun stone in Magheraghanrush OR Deer Park, County Sligo, Ireland. It stands inside a cashel on the east side. Milligan recorded it in 1890 as a flat-topped stone 0.86 metres high with a square upper surface 0.6 metres across. The top holds a basin 0.13 metres deep and 0.28 metres in diameter.

In the interior of a cashel (SL015-059001-). Not indicated on any edition of the OS 6-inch map. Recorded by Milligan (1890-1, 579) on the E side of the cashel as a 'stone like font with a basin cavity: it is 2 feet 10 inches [0.86m] high, and about 2 feet [0.6m] square on its upper surface, which is flat; the basin is about 5 inches deep [0.13m] and 11 inches [0.28m]in diameter.' No visible surface trace. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 21 April 2011

Probably dates to the early medieval period, associated with Christian ritual or baptism. Bullaun stones were often used for baptisms or as holy water fonts, and may have had earlier pre-Christian ceremonial significance.

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