Situated on a gentle E-facing slope overlooking a broad basin. A boat-shaped rock (dims. 2.3m NW-SE; 1.4-2m NE-SW; H 0.5-0.9m) with a flat upper surface is situated in the SW angle of a subrectangular enclosure (int. dims. c. 23m N-S; c. 18m E-W) that has been excavated into the hillslope (max. D 1m at W), using the excavated material to create an earthen bank perimeter on all sides with a scarp (H c. 1m) on the E, downslope side. The rock has the straight NW edge (L 1.4m; H 0.9m) facing into the enclosure which has no entrance, but the enclosure has been marked on the OS 6-inch maps. There are local traditions of its use as a mass-rock (Power 1988).
151643,WM01134,MARO,WM016-024—-,WESTMEATH,CARRICK (Kilkenny West By.),R161868,611892,752261,53.520184409999999,-7.820675570000000,Mass-rock,’Cross’,’Cross (Site of)’,https://heritagedata.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0c9eb9575b544081b0d296436d8f60f8&query=18a4b61b268-layer-9%2CSMRS%2CWM016-024—-,Children’s burial ground (WM016-025—-) located immediately to NW. This site was surveyed and described in 1980 as following; ‘According to the landowner the ‘cross’ was a large limestone boulder on which mass was said in Penal Times. The adjoining enclosure (WM016-024001-)

Monument Type: Mass-rock

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