Rock art

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