Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Derryrush, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derryrush
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.78663, -9.79359
- SMR number
- KE108-059001-
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 rough pasture, on a SW-facing slope, at the NW side of the Lehid-Kilmakilloge road. This mass-rock consists of a secluded shelf (3.2m x c. 1m; H 0.7m) in outcropping rock (H c. 2m) which is overgrown with heather and brambles. According to local information, mass was celebrated here in Penal times. There is a possible bullaun stone (KE108-059002-) c. 10m to the NW on the opposite side of the road.
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
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Megalithic structureunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.