Rock Art, CAHERNAMAN

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

In very wet boggy ground in rough terrain which has been partially cleared by machine, the lichen encrusted upper surface of sandstone boulder (H. (up to) 1.2m high) which is squarish in plan (1.9m x 1.7m, its long axis NE/SW), is inscribed with weathered rock art motifs which are very faint and largely obscured by lichen. They include a cup-and-ring motif and lines of picking (Wth. 0.1–0.3m, D. 2– 4mm). The whole of the upper surface is marked by naturally occurring shallow NE/SW running cracks, the S half of this upper surface separated from the lower N half by a shallow step (H. c. 0.03m) running across its length. Carvings occur on either side of this step. N of the step, running perpendicular to the step, are four roughly equidistant parallel grooves c. 0.3m long and some 0.02m apart. A cup-and-ring motif having a cupmark (diam, 0.06m, D. 10mm) enclosed by a squarish ring (diam. 0.16m, D. 4mm, Wth. 0.01–0.02m) is found between the groove closest to NE and the second groove. A very shallow cupmark defined by a solidly picked circle of picking (diam. 0.05m, D. 3mm), is located between this second groove and the next groove at SW. While these grooves can be traced for c. 0.03m, photogrammetry shows that at least one of these lines (the line at the NE extente) continues from the step for a further c. 0.3m further than the initial 0.3m while the groove next to this continues to

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
52.00°N, 10.09°W

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