What is recorded here

Derreenataggart East holds a smooth rock marked with at least eight small cups, set beside a standing stone pair on the foothills of Miskish Mountain. The rock slopes downward like a tongue stretching toward the earth, inviting people to wonder whether they measured rain, marked territory, or simply repeated a gesture older than memory.

In rough upland grazing, on a SE-facing slope on the SE foothills of Miskish Mountain. At least eight cupmarks (av. diam. 0.05m x D c. 0.03m) are visible on the smooth upper surface of a natural rock (1.3m NW-SE x 1m NE-SW). The rock, which slopes downwards to the NE, is set at the base of the NE side of a field boundary. There is a standing stone pair (CO115-116----) on the SW side of this field boundary. 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 may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to water or fertility symbolism. Such markings are often associated with wider ritual landscapes in upland areas.

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