Rock Art, DERRYNABLAHA

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

The decorated surface of this boulder, 2.8m x 1.9m, slopes steeply upwards to NE. It is very badly weathered and covered with lichen. Two cup-and-ring motifs are joined by a network of curving grooves, one of which is .84m long. Nearby, an irregular oval area formed by a gapped groove encloses two cupmarks, one with radial groove. The remainder of the decoration consists of curved lines and a few simple cupmarks and pockmarks. The boulder is incorporated into the boundary of a small field (Finlay 1973, 86-7). See attached drawing of rock art taken from O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, Fig. 54 (g) 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. 320. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. In upland heath pasture, on a steep portion of a NE-facing slope (172m OD), extensive views afforded overlooking Kealduff River valley and Lough Brin to NE. Directly overlooked by steep, rugged mountain landscape to W. Incorporated into the drystone boundary of a small field, a smooth and fractured sandstone rock face (dims. 2.95m N-S; 2.05m E-W; H 1.6m) with a roughly rectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.9m N-S; 0.9m E-W) having an NE-facing aspect. The decoration is confined to the NW-quadrant of rock face and

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.93°N, 9.80°W

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