What is recorded here

Bullaun stone in Mullaghnaneane is a bullaun stone in Mullaghnaneane, County Sligo, Ireland. It occupies the southwest corner of a farmyard beside a stone-built shed and an abandoned cottage to the south. The oval block measures 0.5 metre by 0.45 metre and rises 0.3 metre, with vertical sides, a flat base and a circular straight-sided depression 0.28 metre by 0.26 metre and 0.16 metre deep on its upper surface. Its origin is unknown.

Located in the SW corner of a farmyard, abutting the wall of a stone-built shed, with an abandoned vernacular cottage immediately to S. Roughly oval-shaped block of stone (0.5m by 0.45m; H 0.3m) with relatively vertical sides and a flat base. There is a circular straight-sided depression (0.28m by 0.26m; D 0.16m) in its upper surface. The provenance of the stone is unknown (pers. comm. Leo Leydon 2015). Attached image: SL005-189----_01.JPG Compiled by: Jane O’Shaughnessy Date of upload: 30 October 2015

Probably dating to the early Christian or medieval period, this bullaun stone may have been used for ritual purposes, such as anvil stones for blessing metal objects or as a site for local Christian or pre-Christian ceremonies. Folklore sometimes associates such stones with holy wells or saintly traditions.

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