What is recorded here

Six small cup-marks line the flat top of a large sandstone boulder at Baile An Tsléibhe, while a Latin cross inside a lozenge frame appears on the sloping west face. The rock sits beside a laneway leading uphill towards Mount Eagle, now partly swallowed by grass and field-wall stones. Anyone passing that narrow route would have seen the marks before the path itself disappeared into distance.

A large earthfast boulder at the edge of a laneway leading uphill towards Mount Eagle. Across the flat top is a line of 6 small cup-marks, the largest measuring .05m in diameter. Beneath these, on the sloping W face of the rock, is a lightly incised Latin cross enclosed within a lozenge-shaped frame which rises from a stepped base. The above description is derived from J. Cuppage, ‘Corca Dhuibhne. Dingle Peninsula archaeological survey. Ballyferriter. Oidhreacht Chorca Dhuibhne’ (1986), no. 172. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 4 August 2013 In improved rough pasture (54m OD), in a depression in SE corner of field, on a gentle E-facing slope. Incorporated into drystone field wall at S end, defining laneway (long-axis E-W) to S. Limited views of landscape in all directions. Substantial, smooth and unfractured sandstone boulder (dims. 5.60m N-S; 2.80m E-W; max. H 1.05m) with an irregular decorated surface (dims. 1.10m N-S; 0.35m E-W). The motifs are in a reasonably good condition and consist of a linear formation of six cupmarks (diam. 5.5-7cm; D 4-14mm) across a flat surface, at S end of stone. An isolated, possible cupmark is c. 86cm to N. A Latin cross enclosed in a diamond shape, having a stepped base is located on a gently curving W-facing aspect, 18cm to SE. Most of upper surface of stone is obscured by field clearance stones, sod and grass. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cup-marks may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly related to water, fertility, or celestial observation. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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