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Rock art

Letter West, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Letter West, 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
Letter West
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.01233, -10.01279
SMR number
KE071-144----

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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 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.

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