What is recorded here
Located in the Glendasan River. One of four bullaun stones (WI023-006----; WI023-006001-; WI023-006-003-; WI023-006-004-); this bullaun stone (dims. 1.8m x 1.1m) has a single basin (diam. 0.3m x depth 0.13m) and can only be seen when the river is very low. This bullaun stone is 18.5 m NW of WI023-006003- (Healy 1972, 120).
Date of upload: 19 November 2012
Likely dating to the early Christian period (5th–10th century AD), bullaun stones were often used for ritual purification or as holy water basins in ecclesiastical contexts. Local folklore may associate them with saintly figures or healing traditions.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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