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Bullaun stone in Reatagh

Bullaun stone

What is recorded here

Originally located at a fork in a laneway on a steep NW-facing slope. D-shaped conglomerate stone (dims. 0.8m x 0.5m; max. T 0.35m) with one oval basin (dims. 0.26m x 0.24m; D 0.9m). It is now kept at Carrick-on-Suir (TS085-024----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Waterford' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1999). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 23 December 2008
Likely dating to the early medieval period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, possibly in Christian or pre-Christian traditions, with the basin potentially used for holy water or symbolic offerings. Such stones are often associated with local folklore and saintly legends.

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