Rock Art, BALLYNAHOW BEG

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

This earthfast stone is located in pasture, on the S side of the floor of the Ferta valley. It is roughly triangular in cross-section and only its E face, sloping upwards to W, is decorated. Two planes form this face, and the decoration on the smaller, lower one is somewhat weathered. It consists of a cupmark, a cup-and-ring and a cup-and-two rings, which are joined by a short groove; a longer groove extends from the cup-and-ring. The larger plane features in approximately wedge-shaped grid, formed of subrectangular areas. Incorporated into this grid are two cupmarks, cup-and-ring and two cup-and-two rings with radial grooves. A small cupmark occurs outside the grid. See attached drawing of rock art taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 42 The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 262. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013 In improved pasture, toward base of a N-facing slope (40m OD); Earthen and hedgerow field boundary (long axis ENE-WSW) c. 3m to N obscures views to N. A smooth and fractured rock outcrop (dims. 1.98m N-S; 0.80m E-W; 0.35m max. H at E), which is roughly L-shaped in plan. It has an E and a W-facing decorated surface and the motifs ar

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.97°N, 10.14°W

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