Rock Art, DERRYNABLAHA

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

This large, earthfast boulder, 2m x 1.9m in maximum dimensions, was stripped of a layer of peat approximately thirty years ago. Fissures and solution pits mark its stepped upper surface, though the motifs remain clearly visible. A long N-S groove, incorporating two solution pits and bifurcating at S, runs the length of and divides the decorated surface. Above the groove at E are seven simple cupmarks, an arc of a circle and several small areas of pocking. Below it are two large cup-and-three rings, each with a radial groove that extends from the cupmark through gaps in the rings; one of these grooves is curved. A pair of cup-and-two rings with radial grooves also occurs. The remainder of the carving includes five simple cupmarks, a number of meandering grooves interspersed among the motifs, and patches of light pocking. A single cupmark occurs on the E step of the rock surface (Anati 1963, 4, No.2; Finlay 1973, 73-5). See attached drawing of rock art taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 56 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. 306. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. In upland heath pasture (221m OD), on a SE-facing slope with extensive views down the Kealduff River valle

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.93°N, 9.80°W

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