
What is recorded here
In rough poorly drained pasture overlooking stream to W which marks townland boundary with Roran. Ringfort (TN025-042----) 75m to SE. Large roughly rectangular shaped boulder (H 1.2m) known locally as a 'Mass Rock' (pers. comm. Derek Ryan). Local folklore collected between 1937-38 by Mary O'Brien of Curraghmore, a pupil of Boher School, Bushfield, Nenagh ,recorded the following; 'There is also a Mass Rock in our farm. It is surrounded by hills on every side but there is no story known about it' (The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0538, Page 312; https://www.duchas.ie/en/cbes/4922156/4856787)
See attached photographs provided by Derek Ryan
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Derek Ryan
Date of upload: 21 April 2021
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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