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Rock art (present location)

Kilcarrig, County Carlow, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art (present location), Kilcarrig, County Carlow, 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
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----

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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)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1904 · Sheet 14, 1904 (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

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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

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

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