Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Letter West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.01233, -10.01279
- SMR number
- KE071-144----
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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 mountain heath (186m OD), on a NE-facing slope, within a large scatter of loose rocks and boulders; Cutaway bog is c. 1.20m to SE. Excellent view of Behy River valley to NE and overlooked by horseshoe of mountains enclosing SE->SW->N. A very rough and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.60m N-S; 0.90m E-W; max. H 0.28m at W) which is rectangular in plan and has a decorated surface (dims. 1.15m N-S; 0.30m E-W) having a N and S-facing aspect. The decorative elements are very weathered and consist of a circular area of pickmarks (diam. 9cm; D 2-3mm) located upon a small, level area at N end, which may have been prepared prior to carving these elements. A cupmark (diam. 6cm; D 12mm) is located 3cm to W. A second cupmark motif (diam. 6cm; D 4mm) is located 1m to S, on a N-facing aspect of the stone surface. A drystone field wall is c. 2m to SW and a stream is c. 10m to W. Rock art (KE071-143----) is located c. 15m to N.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 18 July 2017
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.