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Bullaun stone in Kildreenagh

Bullaun stone

What is recorded here

Bullaun stones are not ornaments, but meditation markers: a hollow worn by repeated prayer, breath, or presence. In Kildreenagh, that hollow sits twenty metres from a church site, as if devotion moved between stone and building instead of disappearing when the building fell. The stone is large enough to touch, low enough to sit beside, and marked deep enough to remember without writing.
Large granite boulder (L 2.3m; Wth 2m; H 0.75m) with single circular bullaun (max diam. 35cm; D 17cm) near SW end of upper surface. Located c. 20m to S of church site (CW016-032001-). Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 19 August 2011
Likely dating to the early Christian period, the bullaun stone may have been used for ritual or ecclesiastical purposes, such as preparing holy water. Such stones are often associated with local saints or folklore, though specific traditions for this site are not recorded.

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