Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Ballycollin (eglish By.), County Offaly, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballycollin (eglish By.)
- County
- Offaly
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.13529, -7.87232
- SMR number
- OF030-023----
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
Mass-rock in the townland of Ballycollin that is listed in the report 'Offaly Heritage at Risk' (Offaly Historical and Archaeological Society 1978, 61). Situated in a large natural hollow close to Tobernapearla Holy Wells (OF030-017----). The rock itself lies near the top of the NW slope of the hollow. The stone (L 1.5m ; Wth 2m; H 2.5m) is mostly buried.
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: 23 May 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Bawnunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.