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Rock art in Farrandau

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Located 1.4m outside entrance to cashel (CO142-070001-); cup-marked stone (CO142-070005-) in interior. Flat slab (l 1.6m; Wth 1.36m; H 0.13m) supported by smaller stones. Decoration includes twenty-five cupmarks, one dumb-bell motif and two cupmarks wtih penannular circles. According to Somerville (1931, 8-9) the stone was originally face downwards and was over turned in 1869 to reveal the cup-marks. See attached screenshots of 3D model of the rock art panel created by archaeology.ucc. 3D model can be accessed at the Sketchfab website: https://skfb.ly/EvwY The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 1: West Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1992). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

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