What is recorded here
Kealduff Upper holds an earthfast boulder with a large level surface, its sloping north-east side marked by a cup-and-two rings and a separate cupmark. The stones have watched Kerry skies for centuries, perhaps inviting hands to trace their shallow circles during long twilight hours.
Rock art identified and described by Aoibheann Lambe as an; 'earthfast boulder with large level surface, a cup-and-two rings and a cupmark are inscribed on its sloping north-east facing side'.
See attached photographs provided courtesy of Aoibheann Lambe
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aoibheann Lambe
Date of upload: 7 October 2022
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water or land features in the local landscape. Cup-and-ring markings are commonly associated with ceremonial or territorial markers in prehistoric Britain and Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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