Mass-rock in Farlistown

In the SE corner of a pasture field, on a gentle N-facing slope, with a view over undulating farmland. According to local information, there is a cross-inscribed mass-rock against the N side of the roadside field boundary in the corner of this field. Clearance rubble is piled against the corner and the fence and its verges are entirely obscured by a dense cover of gorse, briars and hawthorn bushes. The mass-rock could not be located due to this overgrowth. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

A mass-rock associated with clandestine Catholic worship during the period of Protestant suppression in Ireland; such sites were often used for secret religious services and marked by a cross-inscribed stone. Local tradition links the rock to perseverance in faith and may have been a place of prayer and pilgrimage, particularly during times of religious persecution.