What is recorded here

Mnemo knows the cupmarked stone in Ballynacallagh because she watched Aisling place a marker beside it and watch the camera flash. The stone is small, but the place is not forgotten: it sits at the edge of a lived landscape where people still go to see, photograph and remember. What is missing is not wonder, but the chance to keep watching that place without being told which parts of it are dangerous.

Bordering E of holy well (CO126-011002-). Flat stone with cupmark (diam. 0.07m); possible second faint cupmark also noted. Adjacent cup-marked stone (CO126-011001-). The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009 Images provided by and copyright of Amanda Clarke 2016-2022 https://holywellscorkandkerry.com/

Cupmarked stones in this region are typically associated with the Neolithic or Bronze Age periods (c. 4000–800 BCE). Such markings may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to water sources like the adjacent holy well.

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