Cupmarked stone in Carrigillihy

In rough pasture, on a terrace with occasional outcropping rock, on a N-facing slope. Four cupmarks (diam. 0.04-0.05m; D 0.02-0.03m) are visible on the upper surface of an irregularly shaped prostrate slab (1.55m E-W; 0.8m N-S; T 0.3m). An anomalous stone group (CO142-102001-) is c. 35m to the NE. The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009). Date of upload: 22 December 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cupmarked stone in Carrigillihy may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water or fertility, as suggested by the presence of cup and ring marks in similar contexts across Atlantic Europe.