Rock Art, GLANSALLAGH

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

On an E-W ridge of outcropping rock which is partially covered with heather and gorse, overlooking Mount Gabriel to the W. Three weathered cup-and-ring motifs are visible on the rock surface. The E motif is a cup (diam. 0.05m; D 0.02m) and two rings. The larger example, 0.018m to the W of the previous one, consists of an oval cup (0.12m E-W; 0.07m N-S; D 0.015m) and three rings. To the SE of the latter and partially obscured by a heather-covered sod is a cup (diam. 0.04m; D 0.015m) and two rings. Striations run E-W through the rock and pocked solution pits occur throughout the surface, which slopes gently to the W. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009 On a gentle W-facing slope of a ridge (long-axis E-W) (77m OD), at S edge of coniferous forestry plantation. A bend in a drystone field wall is c. 3m to SW and a forest trackway is c. 10.75m to N. Views of surrounding landscape are largely obscured by forestry. According to photos in SMR file, there was previously a good view of Mount Corrin to W and there was probably an equally good view of Mount Gabriel to SW. Monument was completely obscured by vegetation, however it was identified under moss using previous photos in SMR file which show the adjacent drystone wall arrangement and a white marker stone. A s

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.59°N, 9.47°W

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