Rock art

The National Monuments Service's description

Site described by Dr. Clíodhna Ní Lionáin of the UCD Wicklow Rock Art Project as following; 'Located close to a field wall, to the east of the farm house. There are a number of other stones here, including a small sub-circular stone with a large cupmark and a number of fragmentary disc querns. A small, sub-rectangular (dims. 0.69m x 0.28m x 0.19m thick) granite stone, with some moss growth. It is no longer in its original location.Only one face is decorated. The art consists of a combination of cup-and-ring motifs, linear grooves, and cupmarks. The two cup-and-ring motifs, which are joined by a linear connector (23cm long), consist of a cupmark (3-4cm diameter) enclosed by a single ring (overall motif size: 8cm, 10cm). There are two cupmarks to the right (3cm diam.) of and above (4cm diam.) the smaller cup-and-ring motif. Linear grooves extend from each of these cupmarks – a 30cm groove from the smaller cupmark, and a 13cm groove from the larger cupmark. Another groove (19cm long) is located to the left of the larger cup-and-ring motif and appears to follow the outline of the stone. There are a further three possible cupmarks above the linear groove that links the two cup-and-ring motifs'(www.wicklowrockartproject.com).

See attached screenshots of 3D model of rock 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/DMZX

Compiled and revised by: Caimin O'Brien

Date of revised upload: 24 July 2017