What is recorded here

Baile An Ghlaisín holds a single small cupmark on a smooth sandstone slab, set among field clearance stones on a steep Kerry slope. The marker sits beside a larger rock art group rather than hidden in turf, suggesting people valued the visible edge where pasture met sky. Dingle Bay glitters far below, giving the tiny depression a wide witness.

In rough hill pasture (168m OD), on a steep SSE-facing slope; Good views E->S->W overlooking valley and Dingle Bay visible in distance to S. Located on W side of a field boundary (long-axis N-S). Probable ex-situ stone located upon field boundary with other large field clearance stones. A smooth and fractured sandstone (dims. L 1.10m; Wth 0.92m; T 0.10m) which is rectangular in plan. The decorated surface bears a single cupmark (diam. 3cm; D 9mm). Rock art (KE045-NEW38) is c. 45m to E. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 22 January 2018

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to landscape orientation or early farming activity. Its placement on a boundary suggests it could have marked land use or had symbolic meaning for prehistoric communities.

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