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Bullaun stone (present location) in Ballymore Eustace West

Bullaun stone (present location)

What is recorded here

Moved from its original location, (KD029-010----) c. 270m to the NW, to the front lawn of a private house. A well-preserved D-shaped granite block (L 1.45m; Wth 0.5-1.45m; H 0.85m) with a roughly rectangular upper surface (L 1m; Wth 0.7m) which contains two well-carved basins (a W- one: diam. 0.3m; D 0.2m and a shallower E-one: 0.3m; D 0.05m). Compiled by: Gearóid Conroy Date of upload: 27 August 2013
Likely dating to the early medieval period, the Bullaun stone may have been used for ritual or ecclesiastical purposes, such as anointment or as a holy water font. Such stones are often associated with local saints or Christian traditions, though specific folklore for this example is not recorded.

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