Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Hollimshill, County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Hollimshill
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- OF024-053001-
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The National Monuments Service's description
Unlocated ditch (OF024-053002-) which enclosed a mass-rock (OF024-035001-) within the townland of Holimshill (Shaw 1971, 63). The site was described by Revd. Shaw as, located 'behind the graveyard (OF024-019001-), in former times, there was a wide and deep dyke (OF024-053002-) with a flat rock at its centre on which it is said, Mass was offered in the Penal Days. This dyke has been filled in for some years' (Shaw 1971, 63).
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Offaly' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 29 December 2011
References
Shaw, Rev. A.L. 1971 Parish of Killoughy. Offaly.