Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Sandhill, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sandhill
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.17681, -7.94261
- SMR number
- DG016-033----
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 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This stone-built altar like arrangement has been identified as a place where, during Penal times (1690s to 1750s), mass was celebrated. In recent years the site has been marked by a plaque and provided with public access.
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 28 October 2013
Nearby in the register
- Castle - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- House - early medievalunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.