What is recorded here

Rock art in Baile Uí Uaithnín is a smooth sandstone boulder on an exposed mountain slope, marked with a central cup-and-ring, a heart-shaped ring, several cupmarks and a small cluster of pickmarks. The chamber faces Lough Adoon through heath and distance, inviting comparison with nearby chamber and rock art rather than standing as a forgotten room.

In mountain heath (167m OD), on a SSW-facing slope, with commanding views over Lough Adoon S->W->NW. A smooth and unfractured sandstone boulder (dims. 1.85m ENE-WSW; 1.10m NNW-SSE; H 0.45m) which is irregular in plan and protrudes from hillside with a slight overhang at WSW. It has a generally level decorated surface (dims. 0.5m ENE-WSW; 0.5m NNW-SSE) which has a very slight W-facing aspect toward Lough Adoon. The decorative elements are faint due to weathering in this exposed location. A small cup-and-ring motif (overall diam. 7.5cm; ring Wth 1.5cm; ring D 2-3mm; cup diam. 2.5-3cm; cup D 7mm) is located centrally upon the decorated surface. A small heart-shaped ring (dims. 6cm x 7cm; ring Wth 1cm; ring D 3mm) is adjacent to NW. A minimum of four cupmarks ranging from the smallest (diam. 2.5cm; D 3mm) to the largest (diam. 5cm; D 8mm) are located to E, SE and SW. A cluster (dims. 5cm; 4.5cm E-W) of approximately twelve pickmarks (diam. 3mm; D 1-1.5mm) is further to NW. Rock art (KE035-119----) is c. 90.5m to SW. 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. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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