Rock Art, COUMDUFF

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

About 150m N of KE044-020---- is a large earthfast boulder measuring 2.8m x 2.3m with, on its upper surface, 4 cup-marks averaging .015m in depth, and a cup-and-circle with radial line extending through the circle from the cup which is .03m deep. 40m to WNW is a small area of outcropping rock which bears 2 possible cup-marks. From the site a pair of standing stones (KE044-022----) are visible c. 75m to E and a single standing stone (KE044-024----) c. 125m to NE. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 179. 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 (136m OD), on the lower SE-facing slopes of Cnoc Mhaoilionáin. Good views across the Owenascaul River valley S->SE and a gap in hills beyond Anascaul afford a small sea view. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone (dims. 2.15m NW-SE; 1.60m NE-SW; max. H 0.35m) with a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.50m NW-SE; 0.80m NE-SW) which is generally flat with a very slight SE-facing tilt. The motifs are extremely faint and badly weathered and can barely be deciphered. According to Cuppage (1986, 62, Fig. 40 (a), there is a cup-and-one ring motif having a radial groove at SE. This motif (overall diam. 20cm; D 3

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.17°N, 10.07°W

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