Rock Art, KEALDUFF UPPER

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

This large section of rock outcrop, 6.6m x 2.3m and 1.1m high at its E end, has a decorated surface which slopes upwards to SE. Most of the decoration is grouped at its E and W ends. At E, three conjoined cup-and-ring motifs are linked by a short groove to a cup-and-four rings with a long radial groove extending beyond the rings. Adjacent to this is a cup-and-two rings with a radial groove and an arc of a third ring. Two cup-and-five rings occur to W of this; only half of the outer ring is preserved in one, and this bifurcates at one end and features a cupmark at one of the terminals. A simple cupmark is located beside a meandering groove near the E edge of the rock. The W end features three cup-and-two rings and an interrupted spiral. The latter motif is formed by a cupmark and radial groove enclosed within four gapped rings, each ring terminating below its beginning. A faint cupmark and traces of a groove occur further to W. Towards the centre of the decorated surface are two poorly preserved cup-marks, one with traces of an enclosing ring. See attached drawing of rock art taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 63 (b) 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. 331. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the l

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.01°N, 10.00°W

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