What is recorded here

Bullaun stones mark where saints fasted, and Reentrusk keeps one such stone on a cold northern slope. The hollow holds water still today, though coins and forgotten prayers once filled it. People called it Tobar Dhonnacha and walked rounds beside it, trusting that rock could receive what flesh cannot.

On the N-face of bedrock on a rocky N-facing slope. An oval bowl-shaped water-filled hollow (0.3m x 0.2m; D 0.12m) in the bedrock. It is known locally as a holy well called 'Tobar Dhonnacha'. According to local information, rounds were formerly made here. Some coins were noted in the hollow and on the ground beside it. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the bullaun stone at Reentrusk was probably used for ritual Christian practices, such as the preparation of holy water. Known locally as 'Tobar Dhonnacha', it may also reflect earlier pagan traditions associated with sacred wells and healing.

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