Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Ballykean (penrose), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykean (penrose)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.91047, -6.14779
- SMR number
- WI030-023----
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 level ground in an area of rock outcrop. Kinahan (1884, 224-6) noted a stone ('Stone C') with 'nine shallow cups' at this location. It was not located when inspected by ASI in 1990.
Compiled by: Claire Breen
Date of upload: 11 July 2013
References
Kinahan, G. H. 1884 Proceedings - On cup-marked and inscribed stones in the counties of Wicklow and Wexford. Journal of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland 16, 222-35.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.