What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Cloch Eidhneach is a sandstone boulder with a circular hollow at the base of a roadside fence beside the burial ground of St Lachtaín in County Cork. Murphy wrote in 1898 that two such stones stood there, but only one has been found since. The hollow may have held water for prayer, ritual or everyday use, while the lost second stone remains absent from the field.

At base of roadside stone fence, in field to N of burial ground (CO069-079----). Sandstone boulder (H 0.25m; 0.5m x 0.74m) with circular hollow (diam. 0.24m; D 0.085m) on flat surface. According to Murphy (1898, 18), there were two bullaun stones here, one in fence and second 'alongside the fence in front of it'; second not located. Associated with church and early ecclesiastical site of St Lachtaín (CO069-032----). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Image provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

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