Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Spahill, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Spahill
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.60590, -6.88109
- SMR number
- CW022-064----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
In pasture, on gentle SE facing slope. Discovered by landowner in December 2004. Weathered granite earthfast boulder (2.2m NE-SW, 1.4m NW-SE; H at NW 35cm) with the surface sloping gently to ground level at SE side. At the NE end of the stone surface is a concentration of c. 10 cup marks (diam. c. 4.5-5cm; D 1cm).
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 26 January 2012
Nearby in the register
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Churchunder 1 mi
- Ecclesiastical enclosureunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.