What is recorded here

An Choill Mhór holds a faint cup-and-ring motif on fractured sandstone, overlooking Brandon Bay and the Maharee Islands. Freeze-thaw action is flaking the stone into thin layers, possibly erasing older marks. The platform sits in rough pasture beneath Slievanea, large enough for a person to sit beside and study the remaining spiral.

In rough pasture (89m OD), on a NW-facing slope. Excellent views NW-> N->NE of Brandon Mountain range, Brandon Bay and Maharee Islands; overlooked by higher ground of Slievanea mountain to SW. A smooth and fractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 2.7m NE-SW; 1.9m NW-SE; H 0.9m) which comprises of a conspicuous arrangement of three naturally formed layers. A faint cup-and-ring-motif (overall diam. 17cm; cup diam. 7cm; cup D 6mm; ring Wth 1.5-2cm; ring D 1mm) is located at W edge of stone surface. Upper surface of stone is flaking into thin layers due to freeze-thaw action. This may suggest that there were other motifs which have deteriorated through natural processes. Rock art (KE035-073037-) is c. 55m to NNW. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 17 July 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have held ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to landscape orientation or celestial alignments. Its placement in an open, visually prominent location suggests it was part of a broader network of symbolic or navigational markers.

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