Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Kealduff Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kealduff Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.01114, -10.01216
- SMR number
- KE071-162----
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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 (197m OD), on a NE-facing slope, c. 23m to SSE of rock art site (KE071-NEW76). Excellent views of Behy river valley to NE with Seefin and Droum Mountains in background. A very smooth and fractured boulder (dims. 1.25m NE-SW; 0.82m NW-SE; H 0.5m at SW) which is subrectangular in plan. It has a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 1.1m NE-SW; 0.8m NW-SE) with a N-facing aspect. The motifs consist of two picked cupmarks (diam. 4cm; D 2mm) of similar size and form: one in the centre and one in SE area of decorated surface. A cluster (overall dims. 4cm x 4cm) of pickmarks (range diam. 4-5mm; D 2mm) are located at E edge of decorated surface. A random scatter of pockmarks (range diam. 1-1.5cm; D 3-4mm) and pickmarks (diam. 5cm; D 2mm) across stone surface do not appear to have any discernible pattern. Hut sites abutting drystone field wall (long-axis NE-SW) are c. 8m to SW.
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.