What is recorded here

An Choill Mhór holds a fractured sandstone slab where one deep cupmark and a cluster of faint pickmarks still touch the skin of the world. The stone sits in rough pasture beneath Slievanea mountain, facing Brandon Bay and the Maharee Islands, as if someone had marked a boundary between land, water and sky. Lichen and sod now cover half the surface, suggesting the hand that made it may have been forgotten before the moss returned.

In rough pasture (97m OD), on a generally level area of an otherwise N-facing slope. Excellent views W->N->NE of Brandon Mountain range, Brandon Bay and Maharee Islands and Lough Adoon waterfall to SSE; overlooked by higher ground of Slievanea mountain to SW. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 3.6m NNE-SSW; 1.05m ESE-WNW) which is oblong in plan and protrudes (H 0.3m) above the existing ground level. It has a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.35 NNE-SSW; 0.5m ESE-WNW) with a slight NNE-facing tilt. The decorated surface bears a cupmark (diam. 4cm; D 4mm) off-centre to S of stone surface and a cluster (dims. 35cm x 35cm) of faint pickmarks (each diam. 6-8mm; D 2mm) adjacent to NW. Possibly other motifs upon this stone, however it is obscured by lichens and sod across N half. 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 had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to landscape features visible from the site such as waterfalls and mountain ranges. Local folklore or specific use is not recorded.

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