What is recorded here

Bullaun stones are prayer bowls cut by hand, often linked to saints or stubborn devotion. In Derrynakilla the bowl sits near the edge of a long flat slab, small enough to hold a cup of rain yet deep enough to mark repeated work. Whoever cut it sat low, moved stone by stone, and made a place for prayer on ordinary ground.

About 3m west and down slope of the mass rock (CO091-074001-) is a single bullaun cut into a sub-rectangular slab of stone lying on the ground. The stone measures c 1.9m E-W; c 0.7m N-S and at least 0.2m in thickness. The bowl is close to the edge near the narrower eastern end and is c 0.22m in diameter and c 0.1m in depth. Compiled by: Tony Miller Date of upload: 25 February 2015

Likely dating to the early Christian period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual or symbolic purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as pilgrimage sites. Local folklore may associate the stone with healing or spiritual significance.

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