Rock Art, CORK CITY

Rock art (present location) in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

This stone decorated with rock art motifs was donated to UCC from the collection of Admiral Boyle Somerville (1938, 59) and is said to have come from Gortbrac farm, Gortbrack, near Castletownshend, Co Cork. It is currently on permanent display in the Stone Corridor, University College Cork. For details see CO151-049----. Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC. Date of upload: 20 January 2010 Located indoors, at W end of ‘Stone Corrridor’, Aula Maxima, Ground Floor, University College Cork. Well-preserved and mounted upon a metal shelf. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.43m E-W; H 0.85m; max. T 0.15m), subrectangular in plan and with a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 1.15m E-W; H 0.82m) which is displayed upon wall as S-facing. There are thirteen motifs concentrated across the upper portion of the stone. The main decorative elements are five large cup-and-ring motifs arranged across the upper portion of the stone’s surface. The first cup-and-ring motif (overall dims. 22cm x 23cm; ring Wth 6cm, D 1.5-2cm; cup diam.9cm; D 5cm) has a deeply chiselled ring and is located at the extreme left of decorated surface. The second cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 17cm; ring D 4-5mm; cup diam. 9cm; D 5cm), adjacent to right, has a very faint ring which is only visible to left and right of the cup. The third cup-and-ring motif (overall dims. 25cm x 24cm;

Type:
Rock art (present location)

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.89°N, 8.49°W

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