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Rock art

Shronahiree More, County Kerry, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Shronahiree More, 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
Shronahiree More
County
Kerry
Country
Ireland
Coordinates
51.96659, -9.83846
SMR number
KE082-101----

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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

In mountain heath (61m OD), on a SE-facing slope of small, yet prominent hillock, on an otherwise N-facing slope. A large, very rough and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.90m NW-SE; 4.86m NE-SW; max. H 2.33m at SE) which is subrectangular in plan (long-axis NE-SW). It has a generally flat decorated surface (dims. 1.04m NW-SE; 1.40m NE-SW ) bearing extremely weathered motifs which have been affected by freeze-thaw action. The decorative elements consist of three very faint motifs: A semi-circular ring (dims. 39cm N-S; 30cm E-W; Wth 1.5cm; D 5mm) which is open SW->W->NW, is located centrally along N edge of stone. There is a hollow area of water (D 15mm) at SW terminus of ring groove and there is a freeze/thaw fracture at the NW terminus. A large cupmark (diam. 7.5cm; D 18mm) is located c. 48cm to S and is transected by a fracture (long-axis NE-SW) that runs almost the entire length of the stone. A smaller, possible cupmark (diam. 6cm; D 4mm) is located c. 36cm to S of large cupmark motif. There are other large boulders upon this hillock, however these do not appear to bear any obvious motifs.

Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly

Date of upload: 26 January 2018

Nearby in the register

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

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