Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Penal Mass station
Laghile (Abington Par.), County Tipperary North, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Laghile (Abington Par.)
- County
- Tipperary North
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.70414, -8.16256
- SMR number
- TN039-057----
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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)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1904 · Sheet 13. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
The SE face of quarried rock has a sunken cross carved into it, indicating that this rock was used as a place to say mass during penal times. There is a small concrete platform in front of the rock face measuring 4m from E-W by 2m N-S which was built in recent times. This rock face is located on the SE facing slope of rising ground in an upland river valley with good extensive views of the valley to the E and S. This penal mass station is located on the local walking route known as the Kilcommon Pilgrim Route.
Compiled by Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: 27th October 2011
Nearby in the register
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Graveyard1 mi
- Church1 mi
- Ringfort - rath1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.