What is recorded here

An Choill Mhór holds seven cupmarks cut into a triangular sandstone ledge, facing west toward Brandon Mountain and the Maharee Islands. The stone sits in rough pasture at ninety metres, small enough to touch but old enough to have watched storms cross the bay and water fall into Lough Adoon. Whoever struck those cups likely stood where you stand now, marking time or claim on a ridge that still belongs to nobody visible.

In rough pasture (90m 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 fractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 0.9m E-W; 2m N-S; H 0.3m at E) which is triangular in plan. It has a subrectangular decorated surface (dims. 0.4m E-W; 0.25m N-S) which is generally flat with a slight SSW-facing aspect. The decorated surface bears a cluster of five definite cupmarks and two smaller cupmarks at S area of stone surface. Rock art (KE035-164001-) is c. 1m to W. 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 such as Lough Adoon waterfall or Brandon Mountain. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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