Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art (present location)
Gowlin, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Gowlin
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- NULL
- Latest-edition OS map
- NULL
- Coordinates
- 52.53530, -6.85906
- SMR number
- CW024-056----
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
The following description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Carlow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 April 2009
Massive granite boulder now lying on cashel wall (CW024-025----). Thought to have come from somewhere in the field to the NE of cashel. Three cupmarks, one surrounded by faint circle, scattered over surface. Two grooves appear to be natural as similar marks appear on other boulders nearby.
Nearby in the register
- Ringfort - cashelunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Ringfort - rathunder 1 mi
- Hut siteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.