Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Fananierin, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Fananierin
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.94082, -6.35961
- SMR number
- WI029-021----
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 1790 "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Noted by Price in 1937 (Corlett and Weaver 2002 Vol. 1, 286). A subrectangular recumbent slab of schist. The slab measures 1.65m N-S x 90cm E-W, and stands only 10cm above the surrounding ground surface. There are about 17 cup marks in total, scattered randomly across the surface, but mostly around the middle area of the stone. Four of these form a distinct linear pattern on the E side of the stone. The cup marks range from 4 to 5cm across and 1.5cm to 2cm deep. Several of the cup marks are quite small and measure 2cm to 3cm across and 1cm deep.
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/B8xx
Compiled by: Chris Corlett and Claire Breen
Date of upload: 05 July 2013
References
Corlett, C. and Weaver, M. (eds) 2002 The Price Notebooks. 2 vols. Dúchas the Heritage Service. Dublin.
Nearby in the register
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