What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Coolfinn is a bullaun stone in Coolfinn, County Waterford, Ireland. It stands at the edge of the River Suir floodplain, with the Kilbunny Stream flowing thirty to forty metres to the southeast. The Romanesque parish church of Guilcagh sits within a small rectangular graveyard, where two bullaun stones are located outside the doorway. The stone to the north is an oval shale slab, 0.85 metres long and 0.35 metres high, featuring a single basin 0.45 metres long, 0.35 metres wide, and 0.1 metres deep.

Situated at the edge of the floodplain of the River Suir with the W-E Kilbunny Stream 30-40m to the SE. The Romanesque parish church of Guilcagh (WA008-010001-) is within a small rectangular graveyard (WA008-010002-). There are two bullaun stones outside the doorway. That to the N is an oval shale stone (dims. 0.85m x0.6m; H 0.35m) with a single basin (dims. 0.45m x 0.35m; D 0.1m). Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of Upload: 3rd November, 2010.

Likely dating to the early medieval period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water, and is often associated with Christian or pre-Christian sacred sites. Its location near a Romanesque church suggests a possible link to early monastic activity or the adaptation of earlier religious traditions.

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