Rock Art, TERMONS

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

On the lower SE side of Knag hill, overlooking Lough Currane to S, is a stone slab measuring 1.12m x .68m x .25m. It was uncovered in the late 1980s about 100m S of its present position at a depth of approximately four feet (1.2m) below ground level (local information). The decorated surface, which features some scratches made by the earth-moving machine on discovery, carries two cup-and-rings, a cup-and-penannular ring, seven cupmarks and a forked groove. 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. 372. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013 In small, improved pasture field adjacent to private dwelling house. Access not gained. According to O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 107-8), ‘On the lower SE side of Knag hill, overlooking Lough Currane to S, is a stone slab measuring 1.12m x .68m x .25m. It was uncovered in the late 1980s about 100m S of its present position at a depth of approximately four feet (1.2m) below ground level (local information). The decorated surface, which features some scratches made by the earth-moving machine on discovery, carries two cup-and-rings, a cup-and-penannular ring, seven cupmarks and a forked groove’. According to the landowner, t

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.84°N, 10.16°W

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