What is recorded here

Cupmarked stone in Rooves More is a rectangular slab, 1.1m long, in pasture 50m NW of ringfort 8573 in County Cork. Its upper surface is covered with cup-marks 4-5cm across, and a standing stone stands 5.5m to the east. The field may have held people long before the ringfort, but the cups remain the clearest trace of that lost life.

In pasture, c. 50m NW of ringfort (8573). Rectangular slab (L 1.1m; 1.4m x 0.3m), the upper surface of which is covered with cup-marks (diam c. 4-5cm). Standing stone (CO072-066----) c. 5.5m to E. The above description is derived from the published 'Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 3: Mid Cork' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload/revision: 14 January 2009

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cupmarked stone may have had ritual or ceremonial significance, possibly linked to water or fertility symbolism. Its proximity to a ringfort suggests a possible continuity of sacred or symbolic use of the landscape.

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