Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Threewells, County Wicklow, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Threewells
- County
- Wicklow
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 52.87216, -6.30450
- SMR number
- WI034-038----
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
Site described by Dr. Clíodhna Ní Lionáin of the UCD Wicklow Rock Art Project as following; 'This slab is located around 300m northeast and uphill of WI034-030----. It has been placed against a field boundary hedgerow, just inside the field gate. This sub-rectangular granite slab (1.14m long x 0.82m wide x 0.23m high) has a mottled coloured surface, presumably a result of lichen growth. There is a scatter of at least 8 cupmarks (4.5cm diameter, 2cm deep) and another 5 possible cupmarks, which are concentrated on the end of the decorated face which is closest to the field boundary. They do not appear to form any particular pattern'(www.wicklowrockartproject.com).
See attached screenshots 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/Euzq
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload: 30 May 2017
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.