What is recorded here

Ballygamboon Upper hides a ring-marked stone beneath Kerry soil, waiting for patience rather than tools. The ringfort still stands among wild iris, but the marked rock has vanished from sight. A person may have chipped rings into that stone during a life when the ground stood higher and memory relied on shape. The earth took the stone back, yet the ringfort remains open for whoever wants to imagine the hand that made the marks.

In pasture (30m OD), on a SW-facing slope, within interior of ringfort (KE047-013----); Frequent growth of wild Iris within interior. No visible surface trace. An ITA Survey (1942) briefly describes the ringfort and states, ‘in the centre lies a large stone bearing ring markings’. Relatively small earthfast boulder in bank at SE, however no rock art is obvious. The rock art site may have sunken into ground and become covered with earthen and organic debris over time. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 6 July 2017

Likely dating to the Bronze Age, the rock art may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to the surrounding ringfort. Its meaning remains undeciphered, but such art often reflects territorial markers, spiritual beliefs, or ancestral connections.

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