Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Annaghkilly, County Monaghan, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Annaghkilly
- County
- Monaghan
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Ancient Stone (Site of)
- Coordinates
- 54.17789, -7.18039
- SMR number
- MO012-064----
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 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Located at the crest of a N-facing slope and on the N side of an E-W field bank. This is a rectangular block (Wth 0.75m; H 1m; T 0.2-0,3m) with a flat top that slopes down slightly to the E. It is known locally as a mass-rock, and was recorded in the School’s manuscripts of the Folklore Commission (see this web-page accessed on 12/08/2016: http://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/5162164/5160483) although there are no tales relating to it. (Ó Gallachair 1957, 113)
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Monaghan' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1986). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of revision: 12 August 2016
References
Ó Gallachair, P. 1957 Clogher's Altars of the Penal Days. A Survey. Clogher Record 2, 97-130.
Nearby in the register
- Graveyardunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.