Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Ballynakilly (Iveragh By., Glanbehy ED), County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballynakilly (Iveragh By., Glanbehy ED)
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not Indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.01086, -9.96217
- SMR number
- KE071-092----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1753 · Mappa geographica Regni Hiberniae (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1790 · Composite: 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
This monument was initially identified as rock art by Aoibheann Lambe in 2015. In rough pasture field, scattered with rock outcrop and boulders, on a W-facing slope (174m OD); Roadside field boundary is c. 8m to E. Mountains NE->E->S and overlooking Behy River valley to N. A smooth and fractured, sandstone rock (dims. 4.20m NW-SE; 2.40m NE-SW; max. H 1.45m), which has a rectangular shaped decorated surface (dims. 1.40m NW-SE x 0.90m NE-SW) and an E-facing aspect. The rock art is readily visible and consists of a number of motifs. A cupmark (diam. 3.5cm; D 5mm) is located at NW of decorated surface and is connected to another cupmark (diam. 4.5cm, D 4mm) by a linear groove (L 8.5cm; Wth 1cm; D 3mm) to E. A linear groove (L 7cm ESE-WNW; Wth 1cm; D 3mm) connects the second cupmark to a sub-rectangular depression (L 13.5cm E-W; 8cm N-S). This motif is conjoined at SE to the outer ring of cup-and-three ring motif (diam. 16cm) having a cupmark (diam. 2cm; D 4mm) and ring (Wth 1cm; D 4mm). A second cup-and-three-ring motif (diam. 19cm) having a cupmark (diam. 1.5cm; D 3mm) and ring (Wth 1cm; D 3mm) is located to S. A third cup-and-three-ring motif (diam. 20cm) having a cupmark (diam. 1.5cm; D 3mm) and ring (Wth 1cm; D 4mm) is located c. 9cm to NE of the aforementioned sub-rectangular depression. An L-shaped depression overall wth 17cm WSW-ENE x 13cm NNW-SSE, groove wth 1cm, D 4mm, cup diam. 2cm, cup D 5mm) is located 17cm to SSE. A fourth cup-and-three-ring motif (diam. 20cm) having a cupmark (diam. 2.5cm; D 5mm) and ring (Wth 1cm; D 4mm) is located 23cm to S. A cup-and-penannular ring motif (diam. 15cm) having an oval cupmark (dims. 1.5cm; 2cm; D 4mm) and ring (Wth 1cm; D 3mm) is located 4cm to NE. A single, oval cupmark (dims. 3.5cm x 3cm; D 4mm) is located between these two motifs, to SE. A cluster of pickmarks is situated at SE area of decorated surface. Moss and sod cover a portion of the decorated surface to E and SE, which may mask other possible motifs. A linear groove (L 0.66m NE-SW; Wth 2cm; D 3-4mm) is located to SE and divides the smooth, decorated surface at NW from the rough, undecorated surface at SE. Rock art site (KE071-098----) is c. 26m to W.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 3 March 2017
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.