Rock Art, CILL FEARNÓG

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

This boulder (c. 2m x 1.5m tapering from a max. height of 1.3m to 0.6m) formally stood at the edge of a sea-cliff at Ventry Harbour. In 2012 it slipped from this position to the seashore below(pers. comm. Lar Dunne). The art is restricted to the uppermost area of the boulder only and includes a double ringed motif with central cup mark, two double pennannular ringed motifs with cup marks, a single pennannular ring with a radiating groove, a single annular ring and about six cup-marks, two of which have connecting radial grooves (Dunne 1998). To see a 3D model of this monument, visit; https://skfb.ly/6SRJA Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 21 August 2014 Monument originally identified as rock art by Lar Dunne (1998). A survey by Connie Murphy (2000) noted that this boulder was situated in a precarious position upon upper cliff edge. Current survey confirms boulder is presently located in an upright position, c. 15-20m in height below previous siting. It is situated at the High Water Mark (HWM) upon a rocky and sandy shoreline, between seaweed-clad rocks and base of cliff. An ex-situ, slightly rough and fractured sandstone conglomerate (dims. L 2.03m; Wth 1.75m; T 0.90m) having a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. L 1.20m; Wth 0.85m) with a N-facing aspect. The motifs are very eroded by sea and the elements and consist of a cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 17cm; cup d

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.11°N, 10.36°W

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