Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art (present location)
Kilcarrig, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilcarrig
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.69401, -6.94633
- SMR number
- CW016-130----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Situated just off the crest of a hill with good views to the W overlooking the Barrow and the Castlecomer Ridge and to the E towards Mount Leinster and the Blackstairs. A large granite boulder presently set on edge (L 1.8m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.44m), probably originally earthfast and most likely moved during modern land reclamation from a location some distance to the E and uphill of its present position. A vein of quartz runs across the length of the stone and forms a curve at one end of the stone. Set within the curve of the quartz vein is a large bowl-shaped cupmark (diam. 13cm; D 4cm), enclosed by a well-defined ring (Wth 5cm; D 1.5cm), forming a circle(max. diam. 31cm). Some 40cm from the outer circumference of the circle is a linear groove (L 38cm; Wth 5cm; D 0.5cm).
Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett
Date of upload: 5 October 2011
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.