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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
Coordinates
51.93029, -9.79354
SMR number
KE082-104----

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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

A prominent largely level-surfaced rock (c. 2m E/W x 1.5m N/S, H: c. 0.6m) adjacent to the road at W, located just beyond the fence, the upper surface of which slopes slightly to S and is inscribed with very faint rock art which includes a weathered picked line, clearly traceable for some 0.5m, running NE/SW across its surface. Other markings on the surface are extremely weathered and faint.

Compiled by: Aoibheann Lambe

Date of upload/revision: 13 May 2019

Nearby in the register

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

Sites and Monuments Record data: National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Record text is reproduced unchanged. National Monuments Service, Government of Ireland · CC BY 4.0
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