Historic Buildings Record · Northern Ireland
Former Mass Rock
Leitrim, Newry, Mourne and Down, Northern Ireland
The record
- Designation
- Record only (not listed)
- Grade
- Record Only
- Type
- Mass Rock
- Date of construction
- 1780 - 1799
- Address
- Former Mass Rock, Off Sandbank Rd, Hilltown, Newry, Co Down, BT34 5XU
- Townland
- Leitrim
- Council
- Newry, Mourne and Down
- Country
- Northern Ireland
- Coordinates
- 54.15267, -6.12975
- Date of survey
- 03 March 1999
- HB reference
- HB16/07/057
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Department's description
Exterior description and setting
Located on west-facing slope on track junction at north-east corner of forest. A large granite glacial erratic measuring 3.0 x 2.2m in plan by 1m high. Carved into the slightly sloping top surface is a flat recess measuring 50 x 30cm. Directly beneath this is an incised cross measuring 20 x 15cm.
Historical information
Not shown on any OS maps. Probably dates to Penal era from mid 17th century to c.1830.
Criteria for listing: architectural interest
Not listed
Criteria for listing: historic interest
Not listed
Evaluation
The remote location of this stone reflects the imposition of the Penal Laws which forbade organised Catholic worship. Primarily of local social interest and an increasingly rare example of its type.
Nearby in the register
- Reservoir off Sandbank RdWater Works Structuresunder 1 mi
- Bridge over Shankys RiverBridgeunder 1 mi
- Boundary Marker on Castle BogBoundary Markerunder 1 mi
- Leitrim LodgeHouseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.