Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Lisfelim, County Roscommon, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Lisfelim
- County
- Roscommon
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.51184, -8.08585
- SMR number
- RO045-219----
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 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
On the E shore of Lough Funshinagh, a large turlough. A limestone boulder (dims. 0.95m x 0.6-0.7m) has a flat upper surfaces at two levels (H 0.85m at W; H 0.4m at E), and is locally regarded as a mass-rock. (Anon 1994b; Beirne 2000, 279)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 August 2010
References
Anon. 1994b Field trip to Coolmountain, July 1994. Cumann Staire Bhéal Átha'n Ghaorthaidh 2, 5-6.
Beirne, Rev. F. 2000 The Diocese of Elphin. People, places and pilgrimage. Blackrock. The Columba Press.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.