Cupmarked stone in Coumduff, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

This stone rests on top of a large rock outcrop in a S facing pasture field strewn with many such outcrops and erratics. The stone, bearing 8 definite and 3 possible cup-marks, measures 1.4m x 1.15m. The rock beneath measures 2.7m x 2.9m and bears the inscription '11 August 1950'; near the S end of its E edge are 2 shallow possible cup-marks. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 178.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE044-020

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