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Bullaun stone (present location) in Lifford

Bullaun stone (present location)

What is recorded here

In back garden of house facing onto Foyle View street in the town of Lifford, Donegal. A large irregular shaped sandstone boulder (H 0.3-0.43m; 0.4m x 0.65m) with quartz inclusion that has a deep, smooth-sided, circular-shaped hollow (top diam. 0.27m; base diam. 0.12m; D 0.2m) in its upper surface. According to the owner of the house, this bullaun stone was originally located in the townland of Mullanalamphry beside Tawnawully Bridge close to the shoreline of Lough Eske (DG094-014----). Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien Date of upload: 02 August 2012
A large irregular shaped sandstone boulder with a deep, smooth-sided, circular hollow, likely a bullaun stone, dating to the early medieval period, possibly used for ritual or practical purposes such as grinding sacred objects. Such stones are often associated with holy sites or Christian traditions, though they may have earlier prehistoric significance.

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