Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Kilmore (clanmaurice By.), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kilmore (clanmaurice By.)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.20977, -10.15841
- SMR number
- KE035-073039-
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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 mountain heath (97m OD), on a NW-facing slope. Excellent views of Brandon Mountain range, Brandon Bay and Maharee Islands NW-> N->NE; overlooked by Slievanea mountain to SW. Currently submerged under water (D 2-3cm), in a poorly drained hollow of sphagnum moss enclosed by mollinia and furze. A very inconspicuous, smooth and unfractured sandstone (dims. 1.10m WNW-ESE; 0.70m NNE-SSW) with a sub-oval, flat decorated surface (dims. 0.35m WNW-ESE; 0.25m NNE-SSW). The decorative elements consist of a cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 19cm; ring Wth 2cm; D 2mm) having a very deep cupmark (cup dims. 8cm x 6.5cm; D 16mm). A single, oval cupmark (dims. 4.5cm x 4cm; D 5mm) is located 7cm to E and a second cupmark (diam. 4.5cm; D 4mm) is located 14cm to E of latter. These three motifs are arranged in a linear alignment (long-axis NNE-SSW). Initially identified as rock art by Micheal Ó Coileáin, Heritage Officer, Kerry County Council in his unpublished MA thesis (2006).
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 7 July 2017
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.