Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Mass-rock
Kilminnin Lower, County Waterford, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilminnin Lower
- County
- Waterford
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.13491, -7.49362
- SMR number
- WA024-122001-
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
Situated on the steep slope of the NE bank of the NW-SE River Tay where it runs through a ravine, and just off the Bunmahon to Dungarvan road (R675) beside Carriganaffrin Bridge. The road and bridge have been built since the 1840 ed. of the OS 6-inch map, and the pinnacle of Carriganaffrin rises over the location to the E (H c, 20m). An area of rock outcrop (dims. c. 5m x c. 5m; max. H 4m) that may hve been quarried presents a number of straight facets. One of these on the N side (H c. 1m) may have been a mass-rock, and a commemorative Mass was celebrated here in August 2000. A fragment of a bullaun stone (WA024-122002-) is at the site.
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 6 December, 2011
Nearby in the register
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.