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Mass-rock in Kilberrihert (muskerry East By.)

Mass-rock

What is recorded here

Kilberrihert lost its mass rock, but Cooper's Rock still leans east toward the sun. The stone chamber is gone, yet the slope keeps the shape of prayer and refuses to forget it.
On SE-facing slope of hill known as Cooper's Rock. According to local information, mass rock formerly located here, now destroyed. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

This remains an important historical record, but the official description says the monument is no longer visible or has been destroyed. The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.

What survives
No visible remains or recorded as destroyed

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