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Rock art

Kealduff Upper, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Kealduff Upper, 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
Kealduff Upper
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
52.01118, -10.01268
SMR number
KE071-161----

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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 rocky mountain heath (196m 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 smooth and fractured earthfast boulder (dims. 0.8m NW-SE; 0.75m NE-SW; H 0.3m at NW) which is irregular in plan. It has a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.4m NW-SE; 0.37m NE-SW) with an SW-facing aspect. The motifs consist of a large, depressed egg-shaped motif (dims. 14cm NNE-SSW; 13cm ESE-WNW; D 3mm). Two parallel grooves (max. L 5cm; Wth 1cm; D 2-3mm) (long-axis NE-SW), located 2cm apart, are adjacent to SSE. A small, oval ringmark (total dims. 7cm ENE-WSW; 5cm NNW-SSE) defined by a ring (Wth 1cm; D 2-3mm) is toward the NE area of the decorated surface; A curvilinear groove (C 11cm; D 2-3mm) is adjacent to SW. A large area affected by freeze-thaw is situated in the centre of the decorated surface; A rusty orange-brown, square feature (dims. 5 x 6mm; D 2mm) is located adjacent to E. A number of man-made pickmarks and natural pockmarks are evident upon the decorated 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.

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