Rock art

The National Monuments Service's description

Found during ploughing of the field here and moved in the mid 1980's to a garden just outside of Roundwood (see W1018-049---- for present location record). An irregular shaped schist boulder (L 1.3m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.5m) with 16 cup marks and the remains of another where the corner of the boulder appears to have come away. The four largest cups (diams. 10-12cm; D c. 6cm) are enclosed by circles (max ext. diam. 20cm) formed by incised lines (Wth 1.5-2cm; D 1cm) with the exception of one which has only a semi circle incised line around it. The remaining 13 cups have diameters of 6-8cm and depths of 4-5cm. There are also 3 incised linear grooves (L 14- 22cm; Wth 4cm; D 2.5-3.5cm) visible on the stones surface. Described, photographed and drawn by Price on the 29th January 1933 (Corlett & Weaver 2002, vol. 1, 185). Price also noted (ibid. p. 185) 'A hundred yards or so to SE in the next field to cup-and-circle stone [is] a flat flag, with a lot of small cups on it [measures 3ft long x 21/2ft wide]. Another, a granite boulder, with six or more small pits, E of cup-and-circle stone, and about 150-200yds from it. Another, mica schist, a 'flag' covered with medium sized and small pits, 200yds or so to S of cup-and-circle stone.' None of the latter three stones have yet been located (Corlett 2005, 24).

See attached image taken from Archaeology Ireland by Chris Corlett

See attached screenshot of 3D model of rock art created by Wicklow Rock Art Project, School of Archaeology, University College Dublin under the direction of Dr. Clíodhna Ní Lionáin. Photogrammetric 3D rock art model can be accessed at the following website: https://skfb.ly/zVzO

Compiled by: Claire Breen

Date of upload: 26 November 2012

References

Corlett, C. and Weaver, M. (eds) 2002 The Price Notebooks. 2 vols. Dúchas the Heritage Service. Dublin.

Corlett, C. 2005 A spoonful of luck. Archaeology Ireland 27 (3), 24.