Rock Art, CLEARAGH

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

In pasture, on N-facing slope; table-like outcrop (Shee 1968, 145) of stone (L 2.65m; H 0.3m; Wth 1.55m). Decoration, revealed c. 1953 when landowner removed field fence, covers entire upper surface, except SW corner where surface is uneven; decoration divided into two sections by 'change in the level of the surface of the stone' (ibid.). Decoration picked but shallow, indistinct and 'difficult to describe' (ibid., see fig. 1). Northern half' framed by a broad well-picked line' parallel with the change in level but not continuous elsewhere; motifs include '5 cup-and-circle, each with a single circle' and 'seven other cupmarks each partly enclosed by a single arc' (ibid.). Decoration on southern half, itself divided by a natural crack, includes '3 cup and circle' and '5 cup-and-arc' motifs. According to Shee (ibid., 146), the decoration 'is quite untypical of Irish rock-art'. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 In improved, lush pasture (226m OD), on a small plateau of a NNW-facing slope. Good views of Lee and Bride River valleys to N and NE respectively and The Paps Mountains to NW. A slightly rough and unfractured sandstone boulder

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.84°N, 8.92°W

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