Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Mullamast, County Kildare, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Mullamast
- County
- Kildare
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- SMR number
- KD036-041----
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The National Monuments Service's description
This stone originally had been incorporated into the castle at Mullamast (KD036-018----), from which it was recovered in the 19th century when the castle was demolished (FitzGerald 1903-5, 245). It was moved to the National Museum of Ireland in 1903 (DU018-175----). The stone is aproximately square in section (H 0.9m; W 0.4m) and has Iron Age decoration on four sides comprising motifs that include spirals, double spirals, trumpet curves, lentoid motifs, triskeles, and a zig-zag or step pattern. (FitzGerald 1903-5; Raftery 1984, 297-98).
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 18 March 2014
References
Raftery, B. 1984 La Tène in Ireland: problems of origin and chronology. Marburg. Vorgeschichtlichen Seminars.
FitzGerald, Lord W. 1903-5 The Mullaghmast sculptured boulder. Journal of the Kildare Archaeological Society 4, 245-8.