Rock Art, LETTER WEST

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

In rough hill pasture, on a bog interspersed with stones and boulders. A roughly rectangular earthfast stone (4.4m NE-SW; 2.6m NW-SE; H 0.7m) displays weathered motifs inscribed on the SW half of its upper surface. The motifs consist of a cup-and-three rings (diam. 42cm) conjoined with a cup-and-two rings (diam. 25cm). They are also linked by a U-shaped groove (Wth 1cm), the terminals of which extend outwards to NE from each cupmark, through the rings. A cup-and-ring (diam. 17cm) abuts the curve of this groove externally. A thick gorse-covered layer of bog covers the NE half of the stone. An area of pock-marks and the arcs of two parallel rings (L 25cm and 18cm, respectively) are visible under the eroding SW face of the bog layer. In rough hill pasture, on a bog interspersed with stones and boulders. A roughly rectangular earthfast stone (4.4m NE-SW; 2.6m NW-SE; H 0.7m) displays weathered motifs inscribed on the SW half of its upper surface. The motifs consist of a cup-and-three rings (diam. 42cm) conjoined with a cup-and-two rings (diam. 25cm). They are also linked by a U-shaped groove (Wth 1cm), the terminals of which extend outwards to NE from each cupmark, through the rings. A cup-and-ring (diam. 17cm) abuts the curve of this groove externally. A thick gorse-covered layer of bog covers the NE half of the stone. An area of pock-marks and the arcs of two parallel rings (L 25c

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.01°N, 10.02°W

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