Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Ballykean (Penrose), County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Ballykean (Penrose)
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Coordinates
- 52.91242, -6.14173
- SMR number
- WI030-024----
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4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
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The National Monuments Service's description
On S facing slope in area of improved pasture. Kinahan (1884, 224-6) noted a stone ('Stone A') at this location in a field which was known as 'fort field'. Kinahan described the stone as 'about 5 feet by 5.3 feet, and standing 3.3 feet high' with 11 cup marks. The field was cleared of stone when inspected by ASI in 1990, however a stone approximately the size of that recorded by Kinahan was noted in the NE field boundary but no cup marks could be seen on the exposed surfaces.
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.