What is recorded here

Rock art in Letter West carries cup-and-ring marks cut into smooth sandstone above the Behy River valley. The marks are small, but they are deep enough to show that someone sat beside this stone, picked at its surface, and shaped a visible symbol. The completed cup-and-two-ring motif faces the light, while the incomplete one stops where the rock itself steps up. That boundary may have been a mistake, or it may have been the point.

In mountain heath (165m), on a NE-facing slope, adjacent to NW of stream. Good views overlooking Behy River valley to NE. A smooth and fractured sandstone (dims. 0.84m N-S; 1.05m E-W; max. H 0.16m at E) which is irregular in plan. It has a linear decorated surface (dims. 0.30m N-S; 0.60m E-W) with a gentle NE-facing aspect upon lower step of rock surface. The decorative elements are deeply picked and consist of a partial cup-and-two-ring motif (overall dims. 0.28m N-S; 0.27m E-W) which is complete NNE->E->WNW and defined by a natural rock step (H 2-3cm) along northern side; A single cupmark (diam. 3cm; D 3mm) is adjacent to E. A cup-and-two-ring motif (overall diam. 17cm) having a cup (diam. 3.5cm; D 4mm) and rings (Wth 1-1.5cm; D 2mm) having a picked radial groove (L 15cm; Wth 1-1.5cm; D 2mm) at E. Rock art (KE071-180----) is c. 1.5m to SSW. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 26 January 2018

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have held symbolic or territorial significance for prehistoric communities. Its placement overlooking the valley suggests a possible ritual or strategic function, though specific meaning or folklore remains unrecorded.

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