Rock Art, BAILE AN GHLAISÍN

Cupmarked stone in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

Three slabs (KE045-003----, KE045-003001- and KE045-003002-) bearing petroglyphs are located in close proximity to one another on the steep, lower, S facing slopes of Ballynahunt mountain, commanding a magnificent view over the Anascaul valley and through gaps in the coastal range as far as Dingle Bay and the Iveragh Peninsula. In the field immediately to N are a series of small cairns amongst which graves have apparently been uncovered (KE045-002----). Abutting the S side of a field fence is a prostrate slab (KE045-003----) measuring 1.5m x 1.2m. On its upper surface are at least 23 plain cup-marks ranging in diameter from .09 to .015m. In addition there are 3 cup-and-circles, 2 of which are now quite weathered, and near the NW edge is a cup-mark enclosed within a square, the E side formed by a natural fissure, the S by a slight ridge which may also be natural. Immediately E of this is a cup-mark with a slight tail, and towards the E side of the stone is a cup-mark with a longer radial groove. A linear groove delimits the S side of the decorated area, and a 2nd groove extends at right angles from this to almost meet the nearby cup-and-circle. W of this latter motif are 2 short linear grooves, but the series of grooves extending N-S along the W edge of the stone appear to be natural markings. A sketch by the Co. Kerry Field Club (1945, 630) shows circles enclosing most of the c

Type:
Cupmarked stone

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.18°N, 10.04°W

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