Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Sranagarvanagh, County Leitrim, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Sranagarvanagh
- County
- Leitrim
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 54.16257, -7.95334
- SMR number
- LE019-006----
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
Located on a S and SW-facing slope overlooking Lough Allen. A triangular block of local stone (dims 2.6m x 1.9m; T 0.4m) is supported by the hillslope at N and by a single low stone pier (H 0.7m). This is traditionally thought to have been used by Franciscan friars for the celebration of mass in the 17th or 18th century, and it is known as Clogh na hAltora – the altar-stone (Clancy and Forde 1980, 31-2). It was restored in the 1980s.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Leitrim' compiled by Michael J. Moore (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2003). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 23 September 2008
References
Clancy, E. and Forde, J. 1980 Ballinaglera parish, Co. Leitrim: aspects of its history and tradition. Ballinaglera. Authors.
Nearby in the register
- Sweathouseunder 1 mi
- Penal Mass stationunder 1 mi
- Cairn - boundary cairnunder 1 mi
- Cairn - boundary cairnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.