Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Kealduff Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kealduff Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.01114, -10.01271
- SMR number
- KE071-160----
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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 rocky mountain heath (197m OD), on a NE-facing slope, located within a settlement of hut sites, enclosures and field walls. Excellent views of Behy river valley to NE with Seefin and Droum Mountains in background. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.65m ESE-WNW; 1.3m NNE-SSW; H 0.52m at NE) which is subrectangular in plan. It has a roughly oval decorated surface (dims. c. 1.3m ESE-WNW; c. 1.05m NNE-SSW) with an ESE-facing aspect bearing a number of large and well-defined motifs. The condition of the motifs is excellent probably due to being de-turfed in relatively recent years, as evident by obvious tidemark across short axis of stone’s surface. The decorative elements consist of four large cup-and-one-ring motifs (largest: diam. 17cm; cupmark 10.5cm; D 6mm; ring Wth 1.5-2cm; D 3-4mm) concentrated aceoss western area of stone with one off-centre to SE. A partial cup-and-one-ring motif in corner of stone at ENE has been eroded across N-half and is flanked by natural solution marks. A small cup-and-one-ring motif (total diam. 10cm) having a central cupmark (diam. 4.5cm; D 6mm) and ring (Wth 1.5cm; D 3mm) which appears penannular, whereby the E arc is formed by a natural fracture upon the stone’s surface is adjacent to E of the largest cup-and-one-ring motif; A long radial groove (Wth 2cm; D 3-4mm) extends across the stone from this cupmark at NE to a solution mark on W-side of partial cup-and-one-ring motif. A pair of parallel linear grooves (each L 13cm; Wth 1cm; D 3mm) extend from a cup-and-one ring motif at SW margin. Other linear and angular grooves, small pick and pockmarks are evident across stone surface.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 24 January 2018
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.