What is recorded here

An Choill Mhór holds five tiny cupmarks on a smooth sandstone ledge, facing the wide sweep of Brandon Bay and the shadow of Slievanea. The rock sits flush in rough pasture, small enough to hide beneath a palm yet exposed to storms and centuries of footsteps. Perhaps someone knelt there at dawn, marking the edge of the world where water, mountain and sky collide.

In rough pasture (90m OD), on a NW-facing slope. Excellent views W->N->NE of Brandon Mountain range, Brandon Bay and Maharee Islands and Lough Adoon waterfall to SSE; overlooked by higher ground of Slievanea mountain to SW. A smooth and unfractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 1.35m E-W; 0.34m N-S) which is flush with the existing ground level. It has a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.09 E-W; 0.15m N-S) which is generally flat with a slight NNE-facing tilt. The decorated surface bears a cluster of five small cupmarks (diam. 12-15mm; D 2-3mm) off-centre to S. A series of linear grooves of unknown origin are evident under the light sod and mosses to NNE. 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. No specific folklore is recorded, but its positioning suggests it was part of a wider ceremonial or navigational landscape.

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