Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Ceathrú An Teampaill, County Galway, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ceathrú An Teampaill
- County
- Galway
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.10159, -9.57764
- SMR number
- GA119-072----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
At the N end of Inismeáin, at the head of the new pier. Robinson (1980) recorded this mass-rock (numbered 21) along the foreshore on his map of the island and noted that it was known as 'Carraig an Aifrinn', and that it was 'a stone with a cross-like mark' where mass 'was celebrated secretly nearby in Penal times.' It could not be located on inspection in June 1985. On re-inspection in February 2009, it was found resting on a pallet a grassy verge on the N side of the road heading to the pier head. It may have been moved during construction of the pier. The mass-rock is a large granite boulder (L c. 0.9m; H 0.9m; Wth c. 0.8m) with a crudely carved Latin cross on one face. The cross (L 0.85m; arm span 0.8m) is formed by a low raised band (Wth 0.05m; H 0.02-0.03m).
The following images has been uploaded:
GA119-072----_01.jpg
GA119-072----_02.jpg
Compiled by: Olive Alcock
Date of upload: 21 July 2023
Nearby in the register
- Earthworkunder 1 mi
- Burialunder 1 mi
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.