'The Bell Stone' : Bullaun Stone
Visit Notes
Sunday, 9th December 2001
This stone is quite tricky to find, in fact the landowner showed me where it was. It is actually right where the map says it is, but as you can see it is actually buried in the field.
The bullaun is not actually complete but on the edge of the stone and it is very difficult to say whether it has broken due to its position. The stone is refered to locally as The Bell Stone.
The farmer told me of a nearby Holy Well which is not marked on the map but would be around grid ref S 972 151. Sadly it is very overgrown but the local community do have plans to tidy it up. He told me tales of using the water to make tea with many years ago and commented on the purity of th water.
I was also told the folklore of how it came to be a Holy Well. Apparently, some travelling monks and a saint (or some travellers) passed one day and washed their clothes in the stream and so blessed it.
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Sunday, 24th February 2008
I came past here to se if the holy well had been cleared, but it hasn't. I had a chat with the land owner who told me a few more stories about the area. He also said he knew of no second bullaun stone close to the holy well site.
This stone apparently got its name because the bullaun was created when the bell fell out of St. Mannon's church over the road and landed on it.
The holy well used to be in the same field as this stone, but the locals did something to offend it and it moved away to where it rises now.
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