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
- 52.01369, -10.01181
- SMR number
- KE071-138----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
Rock art identified and described by Aoibheann Lambe as; 'At the west bank of a stream, a prominent smooth shaped boulder measuring 5m NW/SE x 2m NE/SW, rising to c. 2m at NW and tapering to ground level at SE. The west and upper faces are divided into 3 main sections by fissures. Lichen encrusted, the upper surface is very weathered and some motifs may no longer be visible. The upper surface of the middle section is inscribed with two cup-and-rings and there are c. 3 cupmarks on the section to SE'. Duplicate site with KE071-166----
See attached photograph courtesy of Aoibheann Lambe
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aoibheann Lambe
Date of upload: 7 October 2022
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.