What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Clonmacnoise, County Offaly, Ireland. Glun Tinnis Cinn, the knee-stone of the head-ache, still bears the worn hollow where pilgrims knelt before the Seven Churches. They pressed their knees into the ancient rock until flesh and stone remembered the same shape, offering pain back to the earth instead of carrying it home.

A second bullaun stone (OF005-022----) which according to the OS Field Name Books of 1837-40 was known as 'Glun Tinnis Cinn', knee-stone of the head-ache. It is situated on the N. side of the Pilgrims' Road to the Seven Churches, about 9 chains from the Graveyard. It is an ancient stone, having in it the print of knees, on which the pilgrims to the Seven Churches kneel to pray. (OSFNB 1837-40). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 23 May 2011

Probably dating to the early Christian period, this bullaun stone was likely used for ritual or medicinal purposes, possibly as a site for healing headaches, reflecting local folklore and religious practice.

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