What is recorded here

Baile An Ghlaisín holds twenty-seven cupmarks cut into a smooth sandstone slab perched above ordinary field stones. The marker sits on a steep slope overlooking Dingle Bay, exposing whoever tended that boundary to wide sky and sudden weather. People may have placed the decorated stone where the land turned, making the edge of a field into a visible address for memory.

In rough hill pasture (168m OD), on a steep SSE-facing slope. Good views E->S->W overlooking valley and Dingle Bay visible in distance to S. Ex-situ stone upon W side of an earth and stone field boundary (long-axis N-S). Located upon highest part of field boundary, above other large field clearance stones. A smooth and fractured sandstone (dims. L 1.25m; Wth 0.80m; T 0.15m) which is irregular in plan. The decorated surface (dims. L 1.25m; Wth 0.56m) is irregular and consists of twenty-seven cupmarks (diam. 4.5-6cm; D 8-15mm) across W-facing aspect. Rock art (KE045-NEW39) is c. 45m to W. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 January 2018

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have held ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to early farming communities in the region. Its placement overlooking the valley and Dingle Bay suggests a strategic or symbolic location, though specific folklore or use remains unrecorded.

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