What is recorded here

An Choill Mhór holds a fractured sandstone ledge where a faint cup-and-ring and a smaller cupmark face the Brandon Mountain range. The shallow carvings barely break the rock surface, yet they point across open pasture toward distant water and high ground. Someone stood here in darkness or dawn, marking the edge of the world with a small tool and a steady hand.

In rough pasture (84m OD), on a NW-facing slope, c. 40m to E of a trackway and c. 75m to S of a regional road (R560). Excellent views NW-> N->NE of Brandon Mountain range, Brandon Bay and Maharee Islands; overlooked by higher ground of Slievanea mountain to SW. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone (dims. 1.24m NW-SE; 0.75m NE-SW) which is subtriangular in plan and is protruding (H 0.15m) just above the existing ground level. It has a linear decorated surface (dims. 0.2m NW-SE; 0.6m NE-SW) which has a SW-facing aspect. The motifs are very subtle and consist of two decorative elements situated 0.35m apart. A very faint cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 0.15m; cup dims. 7 x 6cm; D 10mm; ring Wth 2-2.5cm; D 2mm) is situated at NE margin and a cupmark (Diam. 4cm; D 6mm) is located at S margin of stone. Rock art (KE035-073037-) is c. 31m to WSW. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 17 July 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to landscape features visible from the site such as Brandon Mountain. No specific folklore is recorded, but its positioning suggests it may have functioned as a marker or ceremonial site.

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