Mass-rock in Coorleigh South — Report the wrong picture

What is recorded here

In pasture on gentle SW-facing slope. Large, subrectangular flat-topped stone (L 2.08m; max. Wth 1.42m; H 0.57m) atop slight rise. Rectangular area on upper surface (L 1.1m; Wth 0.89m) defined by grooves (Wth 0.07m; D 0.03m) on two sides encloses 11 possible cupmarks (max. diam. c. 0.05m; D 0.01m). Traditionally known as "mass-rock". The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

A mass-rock used during the Penal era for clandestine Catholic worship; such sites were often associated with local saints and secret religious traditions. No specific saint or cure is recorded for this site, but mass-rocks are part of a broader folklore of sacred and subversive spaces in Irish Catholic history.

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