What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Ballynakill is a buried boulder with a shallow circular cup, marked by coin offerings and set beside a church wall in a graveyard. The stone is not a grand monument, but a small human-made hollow where people repeated a gesture older than the building around it.

Just outside the W end of the N wall of a church (LF013-045002-), within a graveyard (LF013-045009-). A circular depression (diam. 0.45m; D 0.16m) is carved into a boulder. Coins have been deposited in the depression as votive offerings. Almost all of the stone is below the present ground level. Another bullaun (LF013-045005-) lies in a rockery at the E end of the N wall of the church. Compiled by: Patrick F. O'Donovan Date of upload: 6 June 2013

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as a site for coin offerings, reflecting both Christian and possibly earlier pagan traditions. Such stones often held spiritual significance and were associated with local folklore or healing practices.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.