Rock Art, LETTER WEST

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

In area of cutaway bog, on a gentle NE-facing slope (207m), overlooking Behy River valley to NE and overlooked by mountains SE->W->NE. In man-made hollow (dims. c. 12m N-S; c. 10m E-W; D c. 1-1.5m), c. 11m to NW of bog trackway; disused turf bank c. 5m to W. A slightly rough and unfractured, sandstone rock (dims. 1.00m NNE-SSW; 1.60m ESE-WNW; max. H 1.25m), which has a triangular decorated surface (dims. 1.40m ESE-WNW; 1.0m NNE-SSW) having a NE-facing aspect and a sub-rectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.60m NW-SE; 0.40m NE-SW) having a NW-facing aspect. Very weathered and faint rock art obscured by lichens. The motifs are concentrated upon the NE-facing decorated surface and consist of three cup-and-ring motifs (diam. 12-16cm) having a cupmark (diam. 4-7cm; D 3-6mm) and ring (Wth 1-2cm; D 3mm). One cup-and-partial ring motif (diam. 8cm) having a cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 6mm) and ring (Wth 8mm; D 2mm); Ring is present NE->E and a long radial groove (L 36cm; Wth 1cm; D 3mm) extends from the cupmark at W and extends across shoulder of stone and continues onto NW-facing decorated surface, where it continues for L 16cm. There is moss (L 13cm) on the shoulder of stone which appears to cover some of this radial groove. A cup-and-partial-two ring motif (diam. 16cm) having a cupmark (diam. 7cm; D 4mm) is located on N area of this decorated surface, near ground level; Interior ring (Wth

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.01°N, 10.02°W

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