Keeler’s Stone

Keeler’s Stone (known locally as “na Beistí”)  is a multiple bullaun stone consisting of a large irregularly-shaped boulder, 2.41m x 2.54m x at least .34m high, with 7 depressions in its upper surface. Bullaun stones date from the early medieval period and are most commonly found in association with monastic sites throughout Ireland.

The bowl-shaped hollows in these stones appear to have been used to grind material either for food preparation, or as part of an industrial process. The depressions on Keeler’s stone are irregular, oval or circular in shape and vary in size from 42cm in diameter x 25cm in depth to 22cm in diameter x 4cm in depth. A second bullaun stone was unearthed during road works in 1984 and has now been set standing against the new wall on the western side of the roadway.

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This national monument is protected in accordance with the National Monuments Acts 1930 to 2014