Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Mucros (tc An Leargaidh Mhór), County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mucros (tc An Leargaidh Mhór)
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.61465, -8.58267
- SMR number
- DG096-042----
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
Situated just off the top of high ground built into the W face of a field boundary are the remains of what appears to be a low altar formed from several small slabs some which have since collapsed. According to local landowner this is the site of a mass-rock.
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Middenunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - coastalunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.