Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Kealduff Upper, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Kealduff Upper
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.01218, -10.01047
- SMR number
- KE071-176----
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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 mountain heath (178m OD), amongst rock scatter, on a gentle NE-facing slope. Good views of Behy river valley to NE with Seefin and Droum Mountains in background. A smooth and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1m N-S; 0.65m E-W; H 0.25m at W) which is subrectangular in plan. It has an irregular-shaped decorated surface (dims. 0.6m N-S; 0.45m E-W) with a S-facing aspect. The motifs consist of four cupmarks which are in reasonably good condition and easily recognisable despite numerous natural solution and pockmarks upon surface. Two of the cupmarks (max. dims. 7 x 8cm; D 6mm) are large and the remaining two cupmarks (diam. 4cm; D 8mm) are slightly smaller. Rock art (KE071-175----) is c. 20m to SE.
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 26 January 2018
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.