What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Kilbarrymeaden is a bullaun stone in Kilbarrymeaden, County Waterford, Ireland. The stone measures 1.5 metres by 1.3 metres and reaches a maximum height of 0.47 metres. It is situated on a low north-south ridge just east of the graveyard of Kilbarrymeaden church. The surface features two basins with diameters between 0.34 and 0.38 metres and depths of 0.12 and 0.13 metres.

Situated on a low N-S ridge. A bullaun stone (dims. 1.5m x 1.3m; max. H 0.47m) with two basins (diam. 0.34-0.38m; D 0.12m: diam. 0.34m; D 0.13m) is just E of the graveyard (WA025-040002-) of Kilbarrymeaden church (WA024-040001-). (Power 1896, 197) Compiled by: Michael Moore. Date of upload/revision: 16th May 2011.

Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purification or as a holy water font associated with the nearby church. Such stones often held religious or symbolic significance in both prehistoric and medieval Christian traditions.

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