What is recorded here
A D-shaped bullaun stone (dims 0.47m x 0.33m) of a conglomerate stone with a single basin (diam. 0.18m; D 8cm) is set in the ground inside the entrance stile of the graveyard (WX049-008002-). A medieval graveslab (WX049-008004-) is also within the graveyard.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload; 5 February, 2014
Likely dating to the early medieval period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as pilgrimage sites associated with Christian saints. This example may have had a spiritual or symbolic function within the local graveyard setting.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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