Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Carhoo South, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carhoo South
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.75287, -8.55009
- SMR number
- CO111-094----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1865 · Ireland, (South) Sheet. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
In pasture, on a N-facing slope, overlooking a wooded ravine in an area of undulating farmland. A rough-surfaced shelf, which is located towards the E end of outcropping rock (c. 10m E-W) that protrudes from the steep slope, was used as a mass-rock. A recently erected Latin cross, which marks the mass-rock, carries an inscription 'Carmelite Mass Rock 1698-1720'. Mass has been celebrated here in recent times. According to local information, the remains of a priest's hut are in the ravine to the NW.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Country houseunder 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.