Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Derrynafinchin, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derrynafinchin
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.80430, -9.38155
- SMR number
- CO092-001003-
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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
This monument was brought to the attention of ASI by the archaeologist Tony Miller on 25th June 2012. the following is his description of the monument:
"Located within the stone circle at Derrynafinchin in the Borlin Valley (CO092-001001). A mass rock consisting of a level slab raised up to resemble an altar. It is built in the interior of the circle immediately against the most southerly of the circle’s orthostats. The slab measures approximately 1.6m east-west, 0.8m north-south and is 0.1m in thickness. On the western side it is held up by a single upright stone while the other side is held up by a number of stones, including what appears to be one of the fallen orthostats of the circle. There is a reference to a mass rock in this location in local history of the Borlin Valley- ‘Hidden Gold- History and Folklore of the Coomhola and Borlin Valleys’ Ed. Julia Kemp. FAS 1998 p.64."
Nearby in the register
- Stone circle - multiple-stoneunder 1 mi
- Boulder-burialunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.