Rock Art, TEEROMOYLE

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

The decorated stone (KE070-072001-) is an approximately rectangular-sectioned block of green sandstone measuring .68m x .28m x .24m. It is decorated on all four faces. A portion of one face has been broken off, but on the remaining portion is an incomplete cup-and-circle and radial line. Macalister's illustration of the stone indicates that there was a similar motif towards its broader end. The obverse face features a ring and radial groove, as well as a conjoined arrangement of five subcircular and two incomplete rings, one of which features a central cupmark. Three grooves run from this arrangement to the edges of the stone. The sides of the stone each feature a sub-circular pocked area with a radial line and a plain cupmark. The absence of decoration on either end of the stone supports the suggestion that it may have originally functioned as a pillar stone (Connolly 1991, 34-41). 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. 396. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013 At E side of rubble stone building (194m OD), at E edge of farmyard complex and near to boundary with the tertiary road. A smooth and unfractured, portable pillar stone (dims. L 0.65m; Wth 0.28m

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.97°N, 10.06°W

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