What is recorded here
Within the NW part of a children's burial ground (GA117-092002-). This roughly rectangular granite bullaun stone (0.68m E-W; 0.65m N-S; H 0.4m) bears a circular basin (diam. 0.2m; D 0.15m) just to the S of its centre.
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 5 September 2019
Likely dating to the Early Christian or later prehistoric period, bullaun stones like Treananearla are often associated with ritual or ecclesiastical use, possibly for holy water or symbolic purification. Their presence near burial grounds may indicate a spiritual or protective function in local tradition.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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