Rock art

The National Monuments Service's description

This section of outcrop, sloping upwards to NE, is largely buried beneath peat. The decorative motifs on the exposed section at S cover an area of 1.6m x 2m. There are two cup-and-two rings with radial grooves, and three cupmarks. One of the latter is disposed within a grooved arc, and one of the cup-and-two rings has a second groove curving from the outer ring and terminating in a cupmark. Elsewhere on the decorated surface is a long meandering groove which terminates in an oval-shaped pocked area with some further grooves and patches of pocking.

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. 339. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 28 July 2013

In well-grazed mountain heath (151m OD), with a concentration of rock outcrop and boulders, on a general NE-facing slope; Good views of River Behy valley NE->E. Not Located. According to O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 101), this ‘section of rock outcrop, sloping upwards to NE, is buried beneath peat.’ The SMR file states that ‘the rock art is located on the S portion of a very large section of rock outcrop. This portion slopes gently down to the S and has a relatively smooth surface.’ Possibly assigned duplicate number KE071-090----, which is c. 25m to N.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 5 July 2017