Rock Art, CLOGHCOR

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

At Cloghcor portal tomb (SL007-026----). This very rare example of rock art found at a portal tomb consists of a series of cupmarks on the surface of one of the stones that form the tomb. The stone bearing the cupmarks is a large, subrectangular-shaped slab (c. 1.8m E−W; c. 1.3m N−S; T 0.35-0.5m) which lies prostrate and partly embedded in the ground towards the rear (SW end) of the tomb. It is now overlain by the collapsed capstone, and it is possible that it originally served as an end stone to support the capstone. The cupmarks occur on one of the narrower sides of the stone, which presents a relatively flat, smooth surface (L 1.3m E−W; D 0.5m at W end, 0.57m at W end) and currently faces NE toward the entrance of the tomb. The cupmarks are evident as small, shallow circular dimples (max. diam. 0.04m; D 0.01m) in the stone surface. They are not sharply defined and are barely discernible in normal light conditions. Photographic images taken at night under strong artificial illumination reveal two clusters, each of about 8-10 cupmarks, with a shallow linear feature/motif (L c. 0.1m) merging with the W cluster (see: SL007-026001-_01.JPG; SL007-026002-_01.JPG, provided courtesy of Ciaran McHugh). A shallow, natural ‘step’ or change of level in the surface of the stone divides the two clusters. More cupmarks may be concealed at the E end of the panel, where the stone is embedded

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
54.34°N, 8.62°W

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