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Mass-rock in Ballyhindon

Mass-rock
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What is recorded here

In pasture, c. 60m S of River Funshion. Indicated as rock outcrop on 1906 and 1934 OS 6-inch maps. Natural rock outcrop (2m E-W; T 0.5m; H 1.3m); lower outcrop on N side. Known locally as mass rock and field known as 'altar field'.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record CO027-184

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  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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