Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Inishtrahull, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Inishtrahull
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.43296, -7.23866
- SMR number
- DG002A001003-
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Scotland (Southern part). XIII" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On the N side of the island, behind the old school built in 1901, is a feature known as 'The Grave' (DG002A001001-). It consists of a series of upright slabs (height c. 0.75m) forming two sides of a square c. 4m x 4m. The third side is formed by the face of rock outcrop which the feature adjoins; the fourth side is open. Internally against the W slab-wall are two flat slabs horizontally laid. These flat slabs are known locally as the Mass Rock. A flat stone nearby has a depression resembling a bullaun (DG002A001002-) ehich is no longer visible at the site. The Mass-Rock has recently been taken from its location and its current whereabouts are unknown. According to local information the mass rock had a cross inscribed onto its surface. Inishtrahull island is about 6 miles NE of Malin Head and is the most northerly point of Ireland.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: : 08 September 2010
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Structureunder 1 mi
- Prehistoric site - lithic scatterunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.