What is recorded here

Rock art in Letter West stands on a mountain heath slope above the Behy River valley, bearing two cupmarks cut into rough sandstone. The larger mark sits slightly west of centre while a smaller companion appears thirty-four centimetres to the east, both preserved beneath open sky and surrounding peaks. Whoever struck those cups worked a narrow flat strip no wider than a palm, choosing a place where the valley glows below and the mountains watch from every side.

In mountain heath (167m OD), on a NE-facing slope, to NW of stream. Good views overlooking Behy River valley to NE and overlooked by mountains SE->W->NW. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone (dims. 0.96m N-S; 1.70m E-W; max. H 0.07m at W) which is low in profile and irregular in plan. It has a linear decorated surface (dims. 0.10m N-S; 0.50m E-W) which is flat, although surface of stone is uneven. It bears two well-preserved cupmarks at S edge of stone: The largest cupmark (dims. 6cm x 7cm; D 8mm) is off-centre to W and a second, slightly smaller cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 6mm) is c. 0.34m to E. Rock art (KE071-180----) is c. 11.5m to S. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 26 January 2018

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have served a ritual or territorial function, possibly linked to landscape orientation or seasonal markers. Its placement suggests it was visible to travelers or had symbolic significance in relation to the surrounding mountains and valley.

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