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Mass-rock

Knockananima, County Roscommon, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Mass-rock, Knockananima, County Roscommon, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Knockananima
County
Roscommon
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.93117, -8.13258
SMR number
RO011-167----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (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

In a flat-bottomed oval pit with scrub on the perimeter (dims of top c. 10m NE-SW; 6.5m NW-SE; dims of base 8.6m NE-SW; 5m NW-SE) which is at the bottom of an E-facing slope. The pit is defined by a scarp (H 0.6-1m) S-W-NE and by a straight earthen bank (Wth 2.5m; H 0.5-0.7m; L c. 8m) and remnants of a stone wall at SE. There is an opening in the perimeter (Wth 4.6m) at NE. A mass rock from here was incorporated into the altar of the Roman Catholic church of Drumlion at Drumercool (RO011-161----) c. 1.2 km to the S when the church was built in 1856 and it can be seen protruding from the rear of the altar (Keenehan et al. 2006).

Compiled by: Michael Moore

Date of upload: 24 August 2010

References

Keenehan, J., Collins, E., Collins, J., and McGreevy, P. 2006 Mass-rock at Knockananima and Macnadille. In J. Keenehan (ed.), St Michael's Church Drumlion, Co. Roscommon 1856-2006, 23-25. Carrick-on-Shannon. Drumlion Sesquincentenial Committee.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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