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Bullaun stone (present location) in Shanacloon (Toem parish) is a bullaun stone (present location) in Shanacloon (Toem parish), County Tipperary, Ireland. It measured 0.74 metres, 0.52 metres and 0.22 metres, and it held a deep central hollow measuring 0.43 metres, 0.3 metres and 0.12 metres. The stone was set in a cottage front garden on the north side of the Cappawhite-Toem road. Later renovation of the house and garden removed the visible stone, and its present location is unknown.

This bullaun stone was removed from a holy well (TS050-019002-) N of Toem village and placed in the front garden of a cottage on the N side of the Cappawhite-Toem road, just outside Toem village (Seymour 1917, 39). Another bullaun stone (TS050-022----) was also removed from the holy well and is located c. 1km N of the well. The bullaun consists of a large boulder (dims. 0.74m x 0.52m x 0.22m) with a single deep central hollow (dims. 0.43m x 0.3m x 0.12m). Since the bullaun was inspected in 2000 the house and garden have been extensively renovated and the bullaun is no longer visible. The present location of the bullaun stone is unknown. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of revised upload: 6 October 2015

Likely dating to the early Christian period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, such as anointing or as holy water basins at sacred wells. They are associated with both prehistoric and early Christian traditions, often linked to local saints or healing practices.

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