Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art (present location)
Braystown (slane Upper By.), County Meath, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Braystown (slane Upper By.)
- County
- Meath
- Country
- Ireland
- SMR number
- ME018-042----
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The National Monuments Service's description
A large stone (dims 1.7m x 0.9-1m x 0.9-1m) came to light in Fletcherstown (ME017-042----) before 1970 and it is now kept at Braystown. The stone is decorated with a single motif of four concentric penannular rings (int. diam. 0.08m; max. ext. diam. 0.25m). An opening (Wth 0.3m) extends through the four rings at the same point. (Clinton 1983; Eogan 2011, 9-10)
Compiled by: Michael Moore
Date of upload: 24 March 2023
References
Eogan, G. 2011 Some individual stones with prehistoric art from County Meath. Ríocht na Mídhe, vol. 22, 1-19.