Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Cupmarked stone
Coumduff, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Coumduff
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.17064, -10.07365
- SMR number
- KE044-020----
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
This stone rests on top of a large rock outcrop in a S facing pasture field strewn with many such outcrops and erratics. The stone, bearing 8 definite and 3 possible cup-marks, measures 1.4m x 1.15m. The rock beneath measures 2.7m x 2.9m and bears the inscription '11 August 1950'; near the S end of its E edge are 2 shallow possible cup-marks.
The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 178. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 4 August 2013
Nearby in the register
- Fulacht fiaunder 1 mi
- Standing stone - pairunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.