Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Letter West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.01187, -10.01298
- SMR number
- KE071-156----
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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 rocky mountain heath (190m OD), on a NE-facing slope. Excellent views of Behy river valley to NE with Seefin and Droum Mountains in background. Small dry valley adjacent to SE. A smooth and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.27m NW-SE; 0.6m NE-SW; H 0.3m at SE) which is subrectangular in plan. It has a flat, subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.7m NW-SE; 0.3m NE-SW). The decorated surface bears at least twelve motifs: There are nine cupmarks smallest (diam. 3cm; D 4mm) and largest (diam. 6cm; D 6mm). A partial cup-and-ring motif (cup diam. 8cm; D 6mm) is enclosed by a ring (Wth 2cm; D 2-3mm) E->S->SW. There is a pickmark to ENE and a second to N, where the ring is not traceable. A pickmark (diam. 1cm; D 2mm) is adjacent to SE of the largest single cupmark. A long, smooth solution mark is located at SE end of decorated surface.
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.