Bullaun
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A bullaun is the term used for the depression in a stone which is often water filled. Natural rounded boulders or pebbles may sit in the bullaun. The size of the bullaun is highly variable and these h
Bullaun at St John's Point Church, County Down, Ulster, Ireland, October 2009
A bullaun in Chapeltoun, Ayrshire, Scotland.
The Cursing Stone at Millennium Bridge Subway in Carlisle, England, February 2011
Bullaun in Tramore, Ireland
Áed mac Bricc
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Áed mac Bricc was an Irish bishop and saint.
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…dated to c. 800. The first was found on the Shiant Islands. It has been dated to c. 800. The stones were latterly known as 'Butterlumps'. St. Aid or Áed mac Bricc was Bishop of Killare in 6th-century. At Saint Aid's birth his head had hit a stone, leaving a hole in which collected rainwater that cured all ailments…
Slieve League in County Donegal where Áed is said to have been a hermit for some time