Mass Rock, mass-rock in County Sligo

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What is recorded here

Not included in the SMR (1989) but listed in the RMP (1995) and classified 'Mass Rock'. In the fosse at the NNE of Rathbarran barrow (SL025-071001-) is a large boulder (1.3m x 1.4m; H 0.75m). It is known by the people in the locality as a mass-rock. The classification mass-rock is likely to be post-1700 AD in date.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record SL025-071003

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