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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
52.01176, -10.01300
SMR number
KE071-156003-

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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

n rocky mountain heath (191m), on a NE-facing slope. Excellent views of Behy river valley to NE with Seefin and Droum Mountains in background. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.8m ENE-WSW; 0.86m NNW-SSE; H 0.65m at SSE) which is subrectangular in plan. It has a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.6m ENE-WSW; 0.47m NNW-SSE) which has an E-facing aspect. The decorated surface bears four cupmarks (largest diam. 6cm; D 2mm) of roughly the same size. A cup-and-ring motif (overall dims. c. 17cm NE-SW; 16cm NW-SE; cup diam. 5cm; D 5mm) is defined by a partial ring (Wth 1.5cm; D 1-2mm) S->W->NW, which is very weathered. The cup-and-ring motif and one cupmark are upon highest area of the stone, at W end of decorated surface. These are separated from the three cupmarks by two steps (long-axis N-S) which extend across the stone’s 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.

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