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Rock art in Letter West

Rock art

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Cutaway bog is c. 1.20m to SE. The boulder is very rough and fractured, rectangular in plan, and has a decorated surface 1.15m long and 0.30m wide. A circular area of small pickmarks sits at the north end, two cupmarks appear elsewhere on the stone, and another rock art place lies about 15m to the north.
In mountain heath (186m OD), on a NE-facing slope, within a large scatter of loose rocks and boulders; Cutaway bog is c. 1.20m to SE. Excellent view of Behy River valley to NE and overlooked by horseshoe of mountains enclosing SE->SW->N. A very rough and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.60m N-S; 0.90m E-W; max. H 0.28m at W) which is rectangular in plan and has a decorated surface (dims. 1.15m N-S; 0.30m E-W) having a N and S-facing aspect. The decorative elements are very weathered and consist of a circular area of pickmarks (diam. 9cm; D 2-3mm) located upon a small, level area at N end, which may have been prepared prior to carving these elements. A cupmark (diam. 6cm; D 12mm) is located 3cm to W. A second cupmark motif (diam. 6cm; D 4mm) is located 1m to S, on a N-facing aspect of the stone surface. A drystone field wall is c. 2m to SW and a stream is c. 10m to W. Rock art (KE071-143----) is located c. 15m to N. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 18 July 2017

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