CLONLEA Mass Rock
Situated in a sheltered marshy area on the N shore of Clonlea Lake at the point to which the lake level rises in winter. Clonlea church (CL043-027001-) is 170m to the N and Tobersenan holy well (CL043-028—-) is on the opposite side of the lake. An irregularly shaped, natural, earthfast boulder (L 2.6m N-S; 1.65m E-W; max. H 0.75m) with a flattish top at W. There are natural white vertical striations on the W face. A plain cross (0.2m x 0.13m) formed of shallow grooves (Wth 0.02m) is carved on the top W face partially using some of these striations. Small incised lines seem to represent attempts to enhance the top of the cross. A second smaller cross on the top of the N face (0.11m x 0.09m) is formed of two very narrow incised lines. The boulder is largely moss-covered and is sheltered by an adjacent tree to S. A few rough stones, not quite forming a path, have been placed near the boulder at W. An iron cross leans against the boulder at SW. A stone bearing three crosses and a date of 1655 was found at the water’s edge some 30m away which would imply that the Mass-rock was used in the Cromwellian period. This stone is on display in Clare Museum. Some local traditions are associated with the mass-rock.
10093,CO00258,MARO,CO004-055—-,CORK,KNOCKAHORREA EAST,R121602,0,0,46.488181429999997,-15.817314300000000,Mass-rock,NULL,Not indicated,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CCO004-055—-,Mass rock recorded by McCarthy (1991
Monument Type: Mass-rock