Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Crusheen, County Clare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Crusheen
- County
- Clare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94039, -8.89680
- SMR number
- CL018-110----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Towards the top of the outer E-facing scarp of an enclosure (CL018-053----) truncated by a quarry immediately to the S in an area with houses under construction. This is a very rough limestone boulder (1.18m N-S; 0.4-0.7m E-W; H 1m) with some lichen and moss and there are two other slightly smaller examples towards the NE of the enclosure. All surfaces including the top are very uneven and the top slopes to the S. Referred to by Tobin (2017, 11 and plates 19-20) as being placed this may be a naturally occurring outcrop. Tobin (ibid.) refers to an associated tradition of its being used as a mass-rock but the source of the tradition is not cited.
The following images have been uploaded:
CL018-110----_01.jpg From E. View of main front face of boulder.
CL018-110----_02.jpg From N. View of boulder in its setting on the scarp.
Compiled by: Mary Tunney
Date of upload: 17 April 2019
References
Tobin, R. 2017 Archaeological Assessment. Crusheen, Co. Clare. Licence no. 17E0440. Unpublished report submitted to the National Monuments Service, Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. RedArc Consulting Limited.
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.