Rock art

The National Monuments Service's description

The upper surface of this small, rounded, earthfast boulder, 1m x .5m x .35m high, bears three faint cupmarks and one cup-and-ring (Anati 1963, 5, No.8; Finlay 1973, 78-9).

See attached drawing of rock art taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 54 (f)

The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 299. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 28 July 2013

In a very stony area of upland heath pasture, on a S-facing slope (252m OD), overlooking Kealduff River valley of which stream to SW is a tributary. One of a cluster of six low profile, decorated stones which occupy a small area (dims. 16m NE-SW; 8m NW-SE) of hillside. Very rough and unfractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 1.15m NW-SE; 0.6m NE-SW; H 0.35m) with a sub-rectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.34m NW-SE; 0.23m NE-SW) having a S-facing aspect. The rock art is weathered yet visible and consists of: Three single cupmarks (diam. c. 4cm; D c. 3mm); one cup-and-ringmark (total diam. c. 15cm), having a cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 3mm) and ring (Wth 2cm; D 2-3mm). Rock art (KE082-023001-) is located 3.1m to SW. Lough Brin is situated to E.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 8 March 2017

References

Finlay, F. 1973 The rock art of Cork and Kerry. Unpublished MA thesis, University College, Cork.

Anati, E.G. 1963 New petroglyphs at Derrynablaha, County Kerry, Ireland. Journal of the Cork Historical & Archaeological Society, Vol. 68, 1-15.