Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Chimneyfield, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Chimneyfield
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Carrig an Aifrinn (1935)
- Coordinates
- 52.06375, -8.46151
- SMR number
- CO043-009----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Rock platform on E side of river Bride with rock cliff rising behind. White metal cross hangs suspended down cliff face. Plaque with inscription in both Irish and English reads 'Mass was said here in Penal times'. Access to W is via iron and wooden bridge; to S path leads N from road.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 2: East and South Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1994). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Stoup (present location)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.