What is recorded here
Mass-rock in Killavil is a mass-rock in Killavil, County Sligo, Ireland. The oval cairn measures 5.6m north-south, 4.1m east-west and rises 1.4m above the ground. It stands on an east-facing slope in rolling pasture. Local tradition holds that people used it for Mass during penal times, likely after 1700.
Not listed in either the SMR (1989) or the RMP (1995). In rolling pasture, on an E-facing slope. An oval partially grass-covered cairn (5.6m N-S; 4.1m E-W; H 1.4m) of medium-sized limestone stones. According to local information, the cairn was used as a Mass-rock in penal times. It is likely that this dates to the post-1700 AD period.
Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC
Date of upload: 05 January 2012
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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