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Mass-rock in Lisnamoyle Otra

Mass-rock
Mass-rock in Lisnamoyle Otra
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Situated on the floor of the valley of a NNW-SSE stream, which is c. 75m to the NE, and on the E edge of an area of scrub-covered rock outcrop (max. H c. 2m). The rock (dims 0.8-1.35m NW-SE; 0.8m NE-SW) which is known as Carraig an Aifrinn – the rock of the Mass - faces SW (H 0.45-0.8m), but the top now slopes down to the NE where it is engulfed by a whitethorn tree. (Ó Gallachair 1957, 115) See the attached images taken from the SW (_1) and S (_2) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload; 3 November, 2016
A local holy well or ritual site; wider significance not recorded.

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