What is recorded here

Kilmissan rock art holds two cut cups and circles inside a farmyard wall near Ballymurphy, preserving only half of a larger stone. The shallow marks may have belonged to a boundary, a gift, or a warning, yet they survived being broken, moved, and buried in mortar. They still face the road, waiting for someone to notice what the yard has long stopped naming.

Incorporated into a N-facing wall in a farmyard that faces W onto the R702 road from the village of Ballymurphy, which is c. 700m to the SW. A rectangular block of stone (H 0.44m; Wth 0.14m) decorated with two rock art motifs, incorporated into a N-facing wall, formerly built into a shed at the same location. It was originally part of a larger stone and both motifs are truncated where the stone was split. The upper motif (dims. 0.15m x 0.1m), consists of a cup (diam. 0.04m) with two concentric circles with a linear grove extending from the cup outwards towards the split edge of the stone. The lower motif (dims. 0.14m x 0.06m) is similar but only half survives. It was first reported by Michael Fortune. See attached photographs by Michael Moore (taken 2 February 2020): CW022-073----_01 CW022-073----_02 Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 5 February 2020

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art may represent symbolic or ritual markings, possibly linked to territorial boundaries or spiritual beliefs. Its placement within a farmyard suggests possible reuse of the stone in later periods, though original meaning or folklore remains unrecorded.

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