Bullaun stone (present location) in Donickmore

In Donickmore House. A small rounded piece of granite (0.18m x 0.16m; H 0.13m) with a circular hollow (diam. 0.65cm; D 2cm) in its upper surface. According to local information, it was found in a field c. 600m to the E of Donickmore House but the precise location is unknown (CO055-068----). Another bullaun stone (vol. 2, no. 5173) which was found in the same field is in the garden of Donickmore House. 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 Christian or later prehistoric period, the bullaun stone was traditionally used for ritual or symbolic purposes, possibly as a site for anointing or as a holy well marker. Such stones are often associated with saintly legends or local folklore.