Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Downshill, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Downshill
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.12101, -6.15427
- SMR number
- WI012-067----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1799 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
On gentle SE facing slope, a slightly hogback-shaped, granite, earthfast boulder (1.8m NE-SW; 1.1m NW-SE; H on SE side 0.7m; H on NW side 0.2m) with 8 cups (diam. 4-8cm) along the high central ridge, and 2 or possibly 3 cups on the SE side.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 06 February 2013
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.