What is recorded here

That is the largest church in Tawnies Lower. No wall, no roof, no clerk, no doubt. A flat stone beside the road, rain-washed and unafraid. People stood around it, prayed beside it and left life changed. The smallest chapel can be the largest because it stops asking whether you are worthy.

Incorporated into a boundary fence on the N side of the road. This possible mass-rock comprises a flat-topped sandstone block (L 0.74m; Wth 0.29m; H 0.5m) which features a number of rough linear marks on the E end and one on the W end of the upper surface. The stone was uncovered during cleaning back of the boundary and reported to the NMI in 1965. According to local information, when the stone was found there was a cross marked on it but it has since faded. The adjacent road is known as a famine road and there is a local tradition of a mass-rock in the townland. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

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