What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Toberrory is a bullaun stone in Toberrory, County Roscommon, Ireland. It is a small sandstone marker with a single basin inside the SE quadrant of Caran Fort rath on a slight north-south ridge facing Rathcroghan. The state owns it as National Monument No. 294.

On a slight N-S ridge on the N-facing slope of Rathcroghan. There is a small sandstone bullaun stone (dims 0.35m x 0.25m; H 0.3m) with a single basin (dims 0.15m x 0.12m; D 0.1m) in the SE quadrant of Caran Fort rath (RO022-056023-). (Waddell et al. 2009, 53) This is a National Monument in state ownership: No. 294. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

Probably dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as a baptismal font. It is associated with the wider ritual landscape of Rathcroghan, a significant archaeological and mythological site linked to the Kings of Connacht.

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