Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Rathfeigh, County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathfeigh
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.59011, -6.48796
- SMR number
- ME032-059001-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1830 · V.3:11-15:XV. Britisches Reich. C. Kon: Ireland. a. Prov: Leinster. Counties: 1-12 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
A flat, lichen-covered block of stone, roughly rectangular in plan (L 1.2m; Wth 0.9m; D. 0.33m) located in a boggy hollow in a field of pasture. Known locally as a mass-rock (pers. comm. Rathfeigh Historical Society). A holy well, known as 'Lady's well (ME032-059002-), is located alongside it.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 11 December 2013
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Promontory fort - inlandunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.