What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Ballygarran (gaultiere By.) is a bullaun stone in Ballygarran (gaultiere By.), County Waterford, Ireland. The site is situated at the crest of an east-facing slope within a trivallate enclosure, a location Power suggested in 1952 as the site of an early church. In that same 1952 account, Power recorded that a bullaun stone of ancient type had been removed from the site about fifty years earlier, which corresponds to approximately 1900.

Situated at the crest of an E-facing slope within a trivallate enclosure (see WA027-003010-) which Power (1952, 215) suggested as 'the site of an early church' and who also recorded that a 'bullán of ancient type was removed from the site about 50 years ago [i.e. c. 1900].'. Compiled by: Michael Moore Updated by: Paul Walsh Revised date of upload: 21 December 2015

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone was probably used for ritual purification or as a holy water font associated with a nearby ecclesiastical site. Such stones are often linked to local saints and may have had both religious and folkloric significance.

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