Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Caher West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Caher West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.89315, -9.53595
- SMR number
- KE093-023001-
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In level pasture, close to the E bank of the Cleady River. An irregularly shaped glacial erratic (3m N-S; 2m E-W; H 1.6m) is said locally to have been a mass-rock used during Penal times.
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Kerry. Volume I: South-West Kerry' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 30 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.