Rock art

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