Bullaun stone in Scronagare

Embedded in top of mound at penitential station (9303), surrounded on three sides by quartzite stones. Flat, subrectangular top (0.57m N-S; 0.49m E-W), with central oval hollow (0.25m x 0.23m; D 0.06m). Second bullaun stone (9238) at SE edge of mound. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone was probably used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as part of penitential practices. Such stones are often associated with pilgrimage sites and may have had both religious and symbolic significance in local Christian traditions.