Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cupmarked stone
Knockeencon, County Cork, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Knockeencon
- County
- Cork
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.49123, -9.31041
- SMR number
- CO150-074----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In rough hill pasture covered with ferns, gorse and heather, overlooking Roaringwater Bay to the W. Two similar-sized cupmarks (av. diam. 0.05m; av. D 0.02m), 0.2m apart, are visible on the upper surface of a boulder (L 2.3m; Wth 1.6m; H 1.2m). Another cupmarked stone (CO150-074001-) is c. 15m to the N.
The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).
Date of upload: 22 December 2009
Nearby in the register
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Cairn - unclassifiedunder 1 mi
- Souterrainunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.