Rock Art, DERREENY

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

On the N side of the disused roadway a large, flat-topped, earthfast boulder, 3.4m x 2.65m in maximum dimensions, is incorporated into a field wall. A .35m thick layer of peat lies on a portion of the rock’s upper surface at S, and the decoration may extend beneath this. There are seventeen simple cupmarks, three of which are linked by a network of grooves. Two further cupmarks terminate in two lightly pocked grooves, one measuring .9m long. There are five cup-and-rings, one with two radial grooves extending from its ring and one with an abutting cupmark. Three cupmarks are enclosed within an irregular, curvilinear frame. Close to the peat is a cup-and-three rings. The location of the rock commands a magnificent view along the Kealduff river valley to S, and to Ballaghbeama Gap at NW. 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. 285. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013 In upland heath pasture, on a S-facing slope (172m OD), overlooking Kealduff River valley to S and Ballaghbeama Gap to NW. Incorporated into E-side of field boundary (long axis NW-SE), a smooth and fractured, substantial sandstone rock outcrop (dims. c. 2.6m N-S; 3.4m E-W; max. H 0.5m) which h

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.94°N, 9.79°W

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