Bullauns by Reananerree
The two bullauns of Reananerree ( Irish Ré na nDoirí ) are on the church grounds in the village of Reananerree in County Cork in Ireland . In the village there are also two stone circles made up of five or twelve monoliths and a 400 m long row of stones.
The slightly damaged first Bullau stone I from sandstone measuring 0.7 x 0.6 m and 0.2 m thick. It is located to the left of the entrance to the church on a base made of dry stone and functions as a holy water font . The recessed round porthole has a diameter of about 0.35 m and is 0.15 m deep.
50 m north, to the left behind the north gate, is Bullaunstein II. It is the larger of the two. The stone is about 1.0 m long, 0.75 m wide and 0.40 m deep. The recessed round porthole has a diameter of about 0.25 m in diameter and 0.15 m deep.
The original purpose of the bullauns is not known, but they are related to the water and the worship of the Brigid . Hence the Killinagh portlaun is also known as St Brigid's Stone . Many of them have been found in connection with early medieval churches and some have been converted into holy water.
The two stones are registered in the National Monuments Service - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht as object number CO069-024002-.
Web links
- Description and picture of Bullaun I
- Description and picture Bullaun II
- National Monuments database of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht , interactive search
- List of Bullau stones in Ireland (English)
literature
- Denis Power, Elizabeth Byrne, Ursula Egan, Sheila Lane and Mary Sleeman: Archaeological inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork . Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (Ed.), Dublin 1997, p. 490
Individual evidence
- ^ Anthony Weir: Selected Prehistoric Monuments in County Cork .
- ^ Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht interactive database of archaeological monuments , interactive search, accessed July 26, 2015
Coordinates: 51 ° 54 '6 " N , 9 ° 9' 34" W.