What is recorded here

Kealduff Upper holds a low rock buried in peat, marked with a cup surrounded by two rings and another cup on its north-west face. The stones sit beneath soft earth rather than above it, forcing whoever made them to kneel in damp darkness and carve upward into the grey surface. That much is clear from the shape and placement. What is not clear is whether they mapped a hole, a spirit, a person or a promise, but the rings still turn around that first cup like breath around a flame.

Rock art identified and described by Aoibheann Lambe as; 'Low lying rock in peat with a cup-and-two rings and a cupmark on its level surface and a cupmark on the upper part of its north-west facing side'. 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 landscape. Cup-and-ring markings are commonly associated with ceremonial or territorial markers in prehistoric Britain and Ireland.

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