What is recorded here

An Choill Mhór holds a small sandstone ledge marked with one clear cupmark and one possible cupmark, facing south-southwest above rough pasture. The stone sits on a north-west slope overlooking Brandon Mountain, Brandon Bay and the Maharee Islands, while Slievanea watches from behind. A person may have knelt there in rain or sunlight, pressing a marker into rock beside a view wide enough to make the small act feel like a gift for the whole coastline.

In rough pasture (83m OD), on a NW-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 unfractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 0.8m N-S; 0.47m E-W; H 0.3m at NE) which is irregular in plan. It has a linear decorated surface (dims. 0.15m N-S; 0.07m E-W) which has a SSW-facing aspect. The decorated surface bears a definite cupmark (diam. 4.5cm; D 7mm) and a possible cupmark (diam. 3cm; D 2mm) in NW corner of stone. Rock art (KE035-164----) is c. 1m to E. 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. No specific folklore is recorded, but its positioning suggests a connection to wider ceremonial or navigational practices in the region.

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