Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Letter West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.01738, -10.01946
- SMR number
- KE071-085----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1753 "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
This monument was initially identified as rock art by Aoibheann Lambe in 2014. In mountain heath, on a gentle NE-facing slope (181m OD) scattered with abundant boulders and rock outcrop, overlooking Behy River valley to NE and overlooked by mountains SE->W->NE. Drystone field boundary (long-axis NNW-SSE) is c. 2m to E and edge of gorge (D 8-10m) is c. 6m to N. A very rough and fractured, rock outcrop (dims. 1.35m N-S; 0.80m E-W; max. H 0.50m at E), having a roughly triangular-shaped decorated surface (dims. 0.40m N-S; 0.40m E-W) with a gentle W-facing tilt. The rock art consists of a two-cup-and-two ring motif (dims. 0.36m N-S; 0.4m E-W) off-centre to S. It consists of a large cupmark (diam. 6cm; D 16mm) and small cupmark (diam. 3.5cm; D 4mm) which are enclosed by two complete rings (Wth 1-2cm; D 4-5mm) which are sub-oval in plan and comprised of pickmarks. Rock art is very weathered and the rough decorated surface bears natural pock-like depressions and parallel fractures and fissures (long-axis N-S).
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 3 March 2017
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Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.