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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
52.01431, -10.01074
SMR number
KE071-182----

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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 mountain heath (164m OD), on a NE-facing slope, c. 6.5m to NW of stream. Good views overlooking Behy River valley to NE. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone rock (dims. 1.35m N-S; 1.60m E-W; max. H 0.45m at NE) which is subtriangular in plan. It has an irregular decorated surface (dims. 0.70m N-S; 0.60m E-W) with a NW-facing aspect. The decorative elements consist of a complete cup-and-ring motif (overall dims. 15cm x 16cm; cupmark diam. 4cm; D 5mm; ring Wth 1-1.5cm; D 2-3mm) at the SW edge of the decorated surface. A cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 12cm) defined by the remains of a picked ring and little definition within except a central cupmark (diam. 3cm; D 3mm), is located at E edge of rock face; very weathered and poorly preserved due to probable freeze-thaw action where stone is flaking off in layers along NE edge. Rock art (KE071-180----) is c. 0.6m to SW.

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.

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