Mass-rock in Cam — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

At the bottom of the E-facing slope of an oval hollow (dims. c. 100m N-S; c. 50m E-W; D c. 10m) called Lug na bPeist (Kelly 1907, 6). Rectangular stone (dims. 1m x 0.6m) supported by the slope at W and by a drystone wall (L 1.5m; H 1.1m) at E, and with drystone walls diverging from the altar down the slope (L 1.5m; T 0.6-0.75m; H 0.5-1m). See the attached image taken from the E Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 24 August 2010

A mass-rock associated with clandestine Catholic worship during the period of religious persecution in Ireland; such sites were often linked to local saints or traditions of spiritual resistance. The name "Lug na bPeist" may derive from a pre-Christian or early Christian place-name, though its exact meaning and connection to the rock remain unclear.

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