Rock Art, LETTER WEST

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

In mountain heath (183m OD), on a NE-facing slope, within a large scatter of loose rocks and boulders. Excellent view of Behy River valley to NE and overlooked by a horseshoe of mountains enclosing SE->SW->N. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone (dims. 1.10m NE-SW; 0.80m NW-SE; max. H 0.26m at NW) which is subrectangular in plan. The decorated surface (dims. 0.45m NW-SE; 0.35m NE-SW) has a W-facing aspect and bears extremely weathered and very faint motifs. The decorative elements consist of a circular cupmark (diam. 4cm; D 3mm) and an oval cupmark motif (dims. 4cm x 3cm; D 3mm) adjacent to SE, which may have possible traces of a ring (Wth 1cm; D 3mm) at NW and NE. A small pockmark (diam. 12mm; D 4mm) is located 0.2m to NW, on a lower area of the decorated surface. Three possible pickmarks (diam. 5mm; D 3-4mm) are adjacent to SE. A low, drystone field wall (long-axis E-W) is c. 1.8m to NW and a stream (long-axis NE-SW) is c. 4m to NW. Rock art (KE071-144----) is located c. 15m to S. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 18 July 2017

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.01°N, 10.01°W

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