Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Teeromoyle, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Teeromoyle
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.97404, -10.06399
- SMR number
- KE070-113----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
The upper surface of this boulder, located c. 30m E of (KE070-071----), measures 1.38m x 1.21m. It features a cup-and-ring and three cupmarks. The motifs are poorly preserved and the surface of the rock is lichen covered (information: A. Purcell).
The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 370. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload: 28 July 2013
In mountain pasture (254m OD), on a steep S-facing slope, on the lower slopes of Teeromoyle mountain; Good views of River Ferta valley to S and W. A smooth and fractured sandstone rock (dims. 1.24m ENE-WSW; 1.44m NNW-SSE; max. H 0.54m at S) having a rectangular (dims. 0.64m NW-SE; 0.36m NE-SW) decorated surface with a SE-facing aspect. The motifs are very weathered yet traceable and consist of a cup-and-ring (overall diam. 17cm; ring Wth 2cm; D 3-4mm; cup diam. 6cm; D 6mm) located centrally upon stone surface. A partial cup-and-ring (overall dims. 19cm x 15cm; cup diam. 7cm; D 7mm) is c. 2cm to NW. It is enclosed by a ring S->W->NNW which is not defined by a typical groove and instead appears as a small step or rim. A cupmark (diam. 6cm; D 3mm) is located to NW of the cup-and-ring motifs. Field boundary and stream are located c.1.8m and 8m to N, respectively.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 31 May 2017
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.