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Rock art

Clogher (Carbery East (W.D.) By.), County Cork, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Clogher, County Cork, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Clogher (Carbery East (W.D.) By.)
County
Cork
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
51.79981, -9.14801
SMR number
CO093-019001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1882 · Ireland (southern half). (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Ireland 3. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In an area of scrub enclosed by forestry plantation (281m OD), on a plateau area of a SW-facing slope. Limited views in all directions due to forestry. A laneway (long-axis NW-SE) is c. 2.2m to W, forestry is c. 6m to SW and also c. 20m N->-E->S. A series of sixteen well-preserved cupmarks are situated upon the capstone of a megalithic tomb (CO093-019----). It is a smooth and unfractured sandstone (dims. 1.63m N-S; 1.47m E-W; T 0.18m) being rectangular in plan. The decorated surface (dims. 1.0m N-S; 0.9m E-W) is subrectangular in plan and occupies the central portion of the capstone. The cupmarks have a range of sizes from the smallest (diam. 4.5cm; D 6mm) to the largest cupmark (diam. 9cm; D 30mm). The capstone has a NE-facing aspect, however, it is tending slightly to SE due to a side stone of the megalithic tomb, which has tilted inwards under the pressure of the capstone.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 13 July 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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