What is recorded here

Thirty metres south, a cliff-edge fort watches the valley while the bullaun stone sits in rough pasture beside the Sheen River. A smooth oval stone rests in its shallow water-filled hollow, and local tradition claims the well cures warts. The fortried land and the small holy basin still belong to the same place, one for defence and one for the body’s minor troubles.

In rough pasture, near the NW bank of the Sheen River. A bowl-shaped hollow (0.25m x 0.22m; D 0.07m) occurs in the centre of a boulder (1.9m x 0.8m; H 0.6m) and a smooth oval stone rests in the water-filled hollow.This bullaun stone is known locally as a holy well and a cure for warts is attributed to it. There is a cliff-edge fort (KE102-101001-) c. 30m to the SSW. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 May 2011

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the bullaun stone in Milleens was traditionally used for ritual or ecclesiastical purposes, possibly as a site for anointing or holy water. Such stones are often associated with local saints or early Christian practices.

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