What is recorded here

One chamber held three stones, each marked with a hollow worn by repeated use. They stood before the ogham stone at Kilcolman, where Early Christian worship met the edge of Ventry Harbour. The largest measured forty-four centimetres across and carried an oval depression deep enough to receive a cupped hand. Someone kept returning there, shaping stone and memory until the boundary between prayer and certainty disappeared.

National Monument No. 10044. Kilcolman/Cill na gColmán: An Early Christian church site KE042-141001- lying on the S slopes of an E-W spur of Lateevemore, overlooking Ventry Harbour. (7) Three bullaun stones collected from various parts of the site have now been set in the ground in front of the ogham stone. The largest (KE042-141009-) is 0.44m x 0.33m x 0.08m thick with an oval depression, 0.24 x 0.21m in diameter x 0.06m deep. See attached photograph courtesy of Amanda Clarke The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 868. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 9 August 2013

Likely dating to the Early Christian period, bullaun stones were often used for ritual purposes, such as the preparation of holy water or as part of ecclesiastical sites. Their association with church sites suggests a religious or ceremonial function within the local Christian community.

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