Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art (present location)
Rathgeran, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Rathgeran
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.57088, -6.83163
- SMR number
- CW023-032----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity 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
Built into a field fence near the summit of an elevated ridge with good views of Mount Leinster to the NE and the western flanks of the Blackstairs Mountains to the S and SE. A granite boulder set on edge (L 1.15m; Wth 0.8m) with 12 cup marks (average diam. 4cm; average D 1cm), 5 of which are enclosed by circles (diam. 12 - 14cm) and a further three with probable traces of enclosing circles. The original location of this piece of rock art is unknown.
Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett
Date of upload: 4 October 2011
Nearby in the register
- Burial groundunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.