Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Letter West, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Letter West
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.01458, -10.01107
- SMR number
- KE071-198----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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
A triangular shaped rock which slopes upwards to W, having sides of approx. 1m, protrudes from boggy pasture, a single clearly defined cupmark (diam. 0.045m, D. 8mm) towards its N edge. Other features on the surface, which include horizontal and vertical grooves as well as an oblong shaped hollow, appear to be natural. The highest part of the panel is heavily lichen encrusted while the part of the surface inscribed with the cupmark is almost devoid of lichen suggesting the cupmarked portion of the panel was below ground level until recent years.
Compiled by Aoibheann Lambe
Date of upload/revision 28 January 2018
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.