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Rock art

Coomasaharn, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Coomasaharn, County Kerry, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Coomasaharn
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.00735, -9.99213
SMR number
KE071-116----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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

In area of blanket bog, on a N-facing slope (172m), overlooking Behy River valley to N. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 2.00m N-S; 1.45m E-W; H 0.60m) with an irregular-shaped decorated surface (dims. 0.80m N-S (to waterline); 1.30m E-W) which is SE-facing. The rock art is weathered and faint and is concentrated across the central and southern areas of the rock surface. It consists of a partial cup-and-two ring motif (diam. 19cm) to SW, having a cupmark (diam. 6cm; D 10mm) and rings (Wth 1cm; D 2-3mm); the outer ring is open to N and a cupmark (diam. 4cm; D 6mm) abuts to W. A right angled linear groove (L32cm NE-SW; L 20cm NW-SE; Wth 2cm; D 3mm) off-centre to N, terminates in a small cup-and-ring motif to SW. A faint and narrow meandering groove extends to NW from the main groove and branches off to SW and NW terminating in at least one cupmark to NW. A large, oval cup-and-one ring motif (dims. 28cm N-S; 22cm E-W) is located to S of the right-angled linear groove and has a central cupmark (diam. 8cm; D 10mm) and ring (Wth 1cm; D 2-3mm) of pickmarks, which enclose a large area around the cupmark. Two large cupmarks (diam. 8cm; max. D 10mm) off-centre to S, have a triangle of three small cupmarks (diam. 4cm; D 3mm) in between. A large isolated cupmark is upon the NW area of the decorated surface. Pool of water and sphagnum moss at S-end may cover additional motifs e.g. a possible cup-and-ring motif which is located at the S-edge of decorated surface. Surface may have been prepared prior to applying main rock art motifs as there are a lot of pickmarks all over stone surface, similar to rock art site (KE071-011----) which is c. 5.4m to S.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 27 March 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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