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Rock art

Derrynablaha, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Derrynablaha, 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
Derrynablaha
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
51.93184, -9.79071
SMR number
KE082-034002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1841 · 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

This large boulder measures 2.9m x 1.8m x 2.5m high and features two cup-and-rings on the surface, which slopes upwards to N. Both motifs are very weathered (Anati 1963, 10, No. 14; Finlay 1973, 85).

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. 315. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of upload: 28 July 2013

In upland heath pasture, on a slight NE-facing slope (104m OD). Very rough and fractured, substantial sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 1.6m N-S; 2.6m E-W; H 0.8m) with a square decorated surface (dims. 0.15m N-S; 0.65m E-W) having a SW-facing aspect. The rock art is very weathered yet traceable and concentrated upon the western half of the rock surface, to W of natural fracture (long-axis N-S): Two cup-and-one ring (total diam. c. 12cm) situated c. 34cm apart. The western motif has a cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 4-5mm) and a complete ring (Wth 1.5cm; D 2mm). The eastern motif has a cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 10mm) and incomplete ring (Wth 1.5cm; D 2mm), which encloses W-half of cupmark only. A stream is located c. 10m to N and farm roadway is c. 8m to E. Rock Art (KE082-034001-) is adjacent to S.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 9 March 2017

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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