Cupmarked stone in Kilcoe

On bedrock at the high-water mark, on the W shore of the estuary of Roaringwater River. A steep-wooded hillside rises from the shoreline. Three cupmarks (av. diam. 0.05m; av. D 0.02m) are visible on the smooth-surfaced bedrock (1.5m N-S; 0.75m E-W). 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 symbolic significance, possibly linked to water or landscape features. Such markings are often associated with ceremonial practices or territorial markers in prehistoric contexts.