Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Letter West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.01433, -10.01130
- SMR number
- KE071-184----
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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 mountain heath (167m OD), on a NE-facing slope, to NW of stream. Good views overlooking Behy River valley to NE and overlooked by mountains SE->W->NW. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone (dims. 0.96m N-S; 1.70m E-W; max. H 0.07m at W) which is low in profile and irregular in plan. It has a linear decorated surface (dims. 0.10m N-S; 0.50m E-W) which is flat, although surface of stone is uneven. It bears two well-preserved cupmarks at S edge of stone: The largest cupmark (dims. 6cm x 7cm; D 8mm) is off-centre to W and a second, slightly smaller cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 6mm) is c. 0.34m to E. Rock art (KE071-180----) is c. 11.5m to S.
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.