Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art (present location)
Dranagh, County Carlow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Dranagh
- County
- Carlow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.49355, -6.88703
- SMR number
- CW026-052----
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
A granite stone (L 0.8m; Wth 0.7m; T 0.4m) situated alongside a dry-stone field fence from which it had fallen in 2008. Good views W towards Mount Brandon and Mount Leinster to the N. It appears that the decorated surface was facing into the field fence and was not previously visible. The decoration consists of four cup marks (diam 4.5-5cm; D 1cm) and rings that form a cluster at one end of the stone. From one of the cup marks a short line extends out towards the outer ring (diam. 20cm). This circle conjoins the other three cup and ring motifs. The largest motif consists of a cup enclosed by a ring (diam. 16cm) which in turn is enclosed by an outer half ring (diam. 30cm). The original location is not known.
Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett
Date of upload: 5 October 2011
Nearby in the register
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Enclosureunder 1 mi
- Field systemunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.