Rock Art, DOIRE FHIONÁIN BEAG

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

Large boulder, 100m OD, on grough round sloping upwards to N, 35m E of N70 at E edge of modern field clearance cairn. Partly overlain by earth at NW, it measures c. 3m SE/NW, 1.2m wide and up to 1m high. 6 slightly irregularly shaped cupmarks are clustered at NE end of upper surface - 3 in a row and a further 3 in an arc. Row of cupmarks from N end: D: 6cm, d: 1cm; D: 4cm d: 0.5cm; D: 3cm N/S x 4 E/W, d: 0.5cm. Arc of cupmarks from N end: D: 4cm N/S x 5cm E/W; D: 4cm N/S x 5cm E/W; D: 4cm. Views at S towards the Beara Peninsula. Identified as rock art by Aoibheann Lambe (2018). Compiled by: Aoibheann Lambe Date of upload: 26 April 2018

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
51.77°N, 10.12°W

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