Mass-rock in Claristown — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

A rough irregular shaped boulder (L 1.5m, Wth 0.75m, H 0.6m) on the summit of a ridge running E-W, in a field of pasture. Views are restricted to the S and it overlooks the sea in the E. A wayside cross formerly stood in this field and the field is known locally as the mass-rock field (pers. comm. Colin Byrne) Compiled by: Claire Breen Date of upload: 10 December 2013

A mass-rock used during the Penal Days for clandestine Catholic worship; such sites were often associated with local saints and secret religious observance. The location's elevated position suggests it also had a strategic role in avoiding detection by authorities.

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