Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Neesha, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Neesha
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 51.98455, -9.93828
- SMR number
- KE071-154----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
In mountain heath (266m OD), on SE-facing spur of Macklaun Mountain, overlooking valley of Meelagh River to S and SE. Excellent views of surrounding landscape, particularly along valley to Caragh Lake at NE and the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks and Carrauntoohill to ENE. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.9m NNW-SSE; 2.1m ENE-WSW; H 0.55m at SE) which is subrectangular in plan. It has an irregular decorated surface (dims. 0.65m NNW-SSE; 1.0m ENE-WSW) which is generally flat with a very slight SSE-facing tilt. The decorated surface bears four, very clear cupmarks (range diam. 6-8cm; D 6-8mm) bearing a distinct picked inner surface. They are arranged as a close pair toward E side and a distant pair toward W side of stone; one of the cupmarks to E is slightly distorted.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 18 July 2017
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.