Rock Art, KILMOON (Sherkin Island)

Cupmarked stone in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

In pasture on NE-facing slope overlooking Kinish Harbour. Recumbent stone (L 2.03m; Wth 1.05m) with fourteen cup-marks (max. diam. 0.08m) on its flat upper surface. Small stone (H 0.4m; 0.3m x 0.34m) embedded in ground abuts SE edge. According to local information, associated stones were removed in recent past. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Type:

Cupmarked stone

Period:

Bronze Age

Coordinates:

51.47°N, 9.41°W

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