This is ‘…what is known as “The Mass Altar”‘ (Anon. 1994, 6) and comprises a flat slab of rock (c. 3m x 1.2m; T 0.4m) which lies level with the SSE-sloping ground. The upper surface of the slab is level but there is a drop on its S side where it is supported towards either end by two orthostatic blocks. There is a chamber-like area (D 0.6m) dug out from under the slab between the supports.
22451,CO12757,MARO,CO094-038—-,CORK,KILNADUR,R107430,524714,560695,51.793463600000003,-9.091414120000000,Mass-rock,NULL,’Altar’ (1904),https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO094-038—-,In pasture broken by rock outcropping. Flat slab of sandstone (L 0.88m; Wth 0.61m; H 0.1m) with small Latin cross (0.6m x 0.4m) inscribed on outer (SW) face; resting on stone-built base. Upright slab (now broken) on top of altar has fragmentary inscription: ‘ALTAR OF PENAL DAYS’.

Monument Type: Mass-rock

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