Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Carrigeenshinnagh, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carrigeenshinnagh
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.05369, -6.28178
- SMR number
- WI017-019----
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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
In river valley in upland area with Lough Dan to N views of Scarr Mountain to NW. On poorly drained rushy grassland with tributary of the Avonmore River 25m to S. Boulder with rock art (WI017-002---- ) 60m to S, second cupmarked stone (WI017-016----) 101m to SSW, bullaun stone (WI017-009---) 202m to W and cupmarked stone (WI017-011----) 250m to WNW . Earthfast granite boulder (H 0.5m) with quartz inclusions the exposed flat surface of which has 15 or more cupmarks (diam. 0.03m-0.05m) some of which appear to have been enclosed by rings. There are two drill holes visible on the surface of the rock which represent an attempt to split the rock. Six cupmarks appear to be arranged in a roughly circular pattern around a central cupmark
Compiled by: Caimin O’Brien with details provided by Aoibheann Lambe.
Date of upload: 18 July 2016
Nearby in the register
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Rock art (present location)under 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.