Rock Art, BRACKLOON (Corkaguiny By.)

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

A standing stone (KE045-083001-), cup-marked stone and possible cist are grouped in close proximity to one another, overlooking the Anascaul valley from the level summit of a local E-W rise in generally undulating pasture at the foot of Knockafeehane. Rock art motifs cover almost the entire surface of the boulder which measures 2.4m x 1.9m x at least .4m thick. There appear to be at least 48 cup-marks, 2 cup-and-circles, one with a radial groove extending through a gap in the circle, a cup-and-radial groove, and also a pair of cup-marks partly enclosed by an incomplete oval. Some of the isolated, curvilinear grooves may be natural. At the NW edge a fragment of the stone has broken away removing part of the design. This fragment was presented to O'Connell (1939, 45), and its present whereabouts is not known. In the 1930's a grave with 'built-up sides, a covering flag and a skeleton inside' (local information) was discovered while ploughing a short distance S of the rock art. Buried near this were 2 or 3 piles of quartz pebbles. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 177. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013 In improved pasture (71m OD), on a gentle W-facing slope, c. 10m

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.15°N, 10.04°W

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