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Rock art

Ballinvally, County Meath, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Ballinvally, County Meath, 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
Ballinvally
County
Meath
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.75386, -7.11984
SMR number
ME009-059001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Vltoniae Orientalis Pars" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1636 · Vltoniae Orientalis Pars (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1790 · Composite: 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

This was first recognised in 1980 close to the stone circle (ME009-059002-). It has a triangular shape (max. dims 1.06m x 0.45m; T 0.5m) decorated with what might be a spiral or concentric circles running over an edge of the stone, a cup and circle and a concentric circle motif which might be broken at the edges. (Shee Twohig, 2001, 117; Shee Twohig et al. 2010, 20; Eogan 2011, 7, No. 6)

The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Meath' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1987). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.

Date of revision: 3 March 2017

References

Shee Twohig, E., Roughly, C., Shell, C., O'Reilly, C., Clarke, P. and G. Swanston 2010 Open-air rock art at Loughcrew, Co. Meath. Journal of Irish Archaeology, vol. 19, 1-28.

Eogan, G. 2011 Some individual stones with prehistoric art from County Meath. Ríocht na Mídhe, vol. 22, 1-19.

Shee Twohig, E. 2001 Change and Continuity: post passage tomb ceremonial near Lougcrew, Co. Meath. Revue archéologique de l'Ouest, Supplement No. 9, 113-24.

Nearby in the register

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

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