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Mass-rock in An Spidéal Thiar

Mass-rock

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In an area of very rough grazing and outcropping limestone; there is a stream to the E and a house has been built 2.5m to the SW. The mass rock is a large natural piece of outcropping limestone that is aligned NNE-SSW. Its upper face is 2.9m long and it varies in width from 1.6m at the NNE end to 0.5m at the SSW end. It is 0.5-0.6m high on its E side, rising to 1.8m high on its W side. On this side there is a steep drop into a short narrow gully that runs along the W face of the rock. Abutting the E face and parallel to it is a landing that is 2.3m long and 1.3m wide. This landing consists of a natural slab of rock outcrop with concrete flooring. It is accessed by two flights of steps - one natural outcropping rock and the other concrete. Known locally as Carrig an Aifreann/Mass-rock. The following image has been uploaded: GA092-027----_04.jpg View from SE Updated by: Olive Alcock Date of revised upload: 12 July 2023
In an area of very rough grazing and outcropping limestone; there is a stream to the E and a house has been built 2.5m to the SW. The mass rock is a large natural piece of outcropping limestone that is aligned NNE-SSW. Its upper face is 2.9m long and it varies in width from 1.6m at the NNE end to 0.5m at the SSW end. It is 0.5-0.6m high on its E side, rising to 1.8m high on its W side. On this side there is a…

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record GA092-027

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Pictures: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage; Andrewmc, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 4.0; Graham Horn, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0; Eimear, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0; Graham Horn, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

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