What is recorded here

Aoibheann Lambe identified the rock art in 2016 on a NW-facing slope overlooking the Behy River valley. A single oval cupmark and a linear groove with a short return are cut into a fractured sandstone outcrop hidden beside a thicket of furze bushes. The markings sit off-centre on a roughly square surface, suggesting a hand worked the stone before the pasture swallowed the memory of the maker.

This monument was initially identified as rock art by Aoibheann Lambe in 2016. In rough pasture field, scattered with rock outcrop and boulders, on a NW-facing slope (167m OD); Thicket of furze bushes abutting to E. Mountains NE->E->S and overlooking Behy River valley to N. A slightly rough and fractured, sandstone rock (dims. 3.70m NW-SE; 3.70m NE-SW; max. H 1.20m), which has a roughly square decorated surface (dims. 0.40m NE-SW; 0.30m NW-SE) with a SE-facing aspect. A clearly visible, oval cupmark (dims. 8cm NW-SE; 7cm NE-SW; D 8mm) is off-centre to W. A linear groove (L 26cm E-W; Wth 1.5cm) has a short return (L 13cm NW-SE) at W-end, is c. 4cm to NE of cupmark. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 3 March 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have held symbolic or ritual significance, possibly linked to territorial markers or spiritual beliefs. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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