What is recorded here
In pasture, on a S-facing slope. This bullaun stone (L 1.45m; Wth 0.85m; H 0.4m), which is embedded in the ground, has two conjoined oval bowl-shaped hollows (combined dimensions: 0.3m x 0.32m) on its upper surface. The NW depression (D 0.08m) is separated from the SE depression (D 0.07m) by a narrow rib of stone (Wth 0.02m).
Compiled by: Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan and Sheila Ronan, Archaeological Survey Unit, University College, Cork.
Date of upload: 31 January 2011
This bullaun stone is likely from the early Christian period (5th–10th centuries AD) and may have been used for ritual or ecclesiastical purposes, such as holding holy water or as a site for pilgrimages. Local folklore may associate it with saintly figures or healing traditions.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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