Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Kealduff Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kealduff Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.00780, -9.99616
- SMR number
- KE071-119----
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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
In cutaway bog and blanket peat, on a WNW-facing slope (157m OD), overlooking Lough Naparka to NW, Behy River valley to N and overlooked by Kealduff Cliff to S. A very rough and fractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 1.00m NE-SW; 1.70m NW-SE; max. H 0.36m) with an irregular-shaped decorated surface (dims. 0.47m NE-SW; 0.15m NW-SE) which is N-facing. The rock art is very weathered and faint, confined to NW-end of stone. The motifs consist of a circular area (diam. 8cm) defined by a faint ringmark (Wth 5mm; D 3mm) in NW corner of decorated surface. A linear groove (long-axis NNE-SSW) extends (dims. L 25cm NNE-SSW; Wth 2cm; D 5mm) across surface, c. 16cm to SSW; this may be a natural fracture that has been reused as a rock art motif. Field fences close to E and W. Trackway is c. 50m to N.
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.