Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Threewells, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Threewells
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.87165, -6.30859
- SMR number
- WI034-030----
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
Situated on a gentle SE-facing slope in a small field south of Threewells crossroads. Small boulder (dims. 0.9m x 0.8m) with rows of small holes (diam. 0.02m) possibly punch-struck. Six rows with a total of forty-three marks are preserved; part of the rock surface has been removed. (Price 1946, 72; Corlett 2013, 13)
Attached image taken from Archaeology Ireland article 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/DNn9
The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Wicklow' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research.
Date of upload/revision: 17 December 2008
References
Price, L. 1946 The place-names of Co. Wicklow. II - The barony of Ballinacor South. The Dublin Institute of Advanced Studies (55-106).
Corlett, C. 2013 Rock Art: Questions and Answers? Archaeology Ireland 27, (3), 12-15.
Nearby in the register
- Ritual site - holy wellunder 1 mi
- Bullaun stoneunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
- Rock artunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.