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Mass-rock in Killary

Mass-rock
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Embedded in the E face of a field boundary which runs alongside a small stream running N-S in mountain valley. A large limestone boulder (H 0.8m; Wth 1m; T 0.4m) known locally as a mass-rock (Griffin and Griffin 2000, 41).

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record TN019-049

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  • David P Howard, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
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  • P L Chadwick, Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0
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  • P L Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons
  • Discover Lough Derg, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
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