Situated on a NE-facing slope on the NE-SW spine of Carrickbyrne Hill, and accessed from the NW-SE road to the NE by a gap (Wth c. 1.2m) between upright stones (dims. 0.6m x 0.1-0.3m; H 1.05m). A shelf of rock-outcrop (L 4.3m NW-SE; H 0.6-0.8m) c. 30m from the road has an oval hollow (dims 1m x 0.6m; D 0.1m) that was known locally as a mass-rock. The area had been overgrown until 2000 AD when the owner and others cleared it(http://www.newbawnns.info/ringsofred/churches.htm accessed on 30-10-2012), and a granite cross (H 0.9m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.15m at the base to 1cm at the top), crudely designed as arcs connecting the extremities (Wth 0.17-0.21m), was discovered c. 5m to the SW. Mass is said annually at the mass-rock around the August holiday week-end.

Monument Type: Mass-rock

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