Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Cloan, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloan
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.65308, -10.02985
- SMR number
- CO114-069----
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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
In rough hill pasture, at the S end of a N-S hollow which is sheltered by outcropping rocks to the E and W. According to local information, this natural flat-topped boulder (2m N-S; 1.9m E-W; H 1.05m), which is roughly square in plan, was used as a mass-rock. This area is known as 'Cúm an Aifrinn'.
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
- Miner's settlementunder 1 mi
- Mass-rockunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Mining structureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.