What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Lurgoe is a bullaun stone in Lurgoe, County Tipperary, Ireland. It is a triangular stone, 0.42 metres long, 0.38 metres wide and 0.18 metres thick, with one central basin 0.16 metres across and 0.08 metres deep. The stone is set in the chancel of the medieval church at Lurgoe, and it may have stood 100 metres east of the church before moving there.

On an island of dry land surrounded by bog with good views in all directions. A bullaun stone is located in the interior of the chancel of the medieval church (TS054-002002-). The bullaun stone consists of a triangular-shaped stone (dims. 0.42m x 0.38m x 0.18m) with one central basin (diam. 0.16m; D 0.08m). This stone may originally have been located 100m E of the church (OPW files 1980). Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 26 August 2011

Probably dates to the early medieval period, often associated with Christian ritual or pilgrimage. Bullaun stones were traditionally used for anointing with holy water and may have had earlier prehistoric significance as ritual or ceremonial sites.

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