Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Derreeny, County Kerry, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Derreeny
- County
- Kerry
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 51.93700, -9.79144
- SMR number
- KE082-074----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On level area (151m OD) of rough mountain pasture, within an old field system; drystone field boundary is c. 4m to W. Overlooking Kealduff river valley to S. A smooth and fractured sandstone outcrop (dims. 1.46m NE-SW; 0.8m NW-SE; max. H 0.4m) which has a sub-oval decorated surface (dims. 1m NE-SW; 0.6m NW-SE) which is generally flat with a very slight NE-facing tilt. The motifs are faint and evenly distributed across the surface, to E of a linear striation (long-axis N-S). The rock art consists of fourteen single cupmarks (diam. 3-5.5cm; D 2-3mm); one cup-and-ring (diam. 11cm) having a cupmark (diam. 3.5cm; D 2mm) and ring (Wth 1.0cm; D 2mm); three cup-and-two ring motifs (diam. 15-19m) having a cupmark (diam. 4cm; D 3mm) and rings (Wth 1cm; D 2mm). Rock art (KE082-074001-) lies c. 18m to N. This area is strewn with numerous earthfast boulders and loose rocks of varying shapes and sizes.
Entry No. 288, in the archaeological survey of the Iveragh Peninsula (O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 87).
Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
Date of upload: 8 March 2017
References
O'Sullivan, A. and Sheehan, J. 1996 The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry. Cork University press.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.