What is recorded here

Cloghera Beg holds a long sandstone slab where pickmarks still trace meandering lines across its face and top. The grooves disappear beneath sod at one edge, suggesting the stone once sat higher or the land shifted around it. A person may have knelt there in mountain heath, striking the rock repeatedly until the marks emerged. The lines do not explain themselves, but they refuse to be forgotten.

In mountain heath (74m OD), on a gentle N-facing slope, on S side of Owenroe River valley, adjacent to W of a small stream; Mullaghanattin mountain to S. A slightly rough and fractured sandstone (dims. 17m NE-SW; 7m NW-SE; max. H 1.50m) which is rectangular in plan. This stone bears two weathered decorative surfaces upon the SE-facing aspect and upon flat top, both bearing picked motifs. The SE-facing decorative surface (dims. 1.50m NNW-SSE; 1.30m ENE-WSW) bears at least four meandering grooves that disappear under sod at SE. A curvilinear motif (L 94cm; Wth 1.5cm; D 3-4mm) is located at E end of the decorated surface. A Y-shaped meandering line extends (L 55cm WSW-ENE) from ground level and turns at a right angle (L 70cm NW-SE; Wth 1-3cm; D 3-4mm) to NW, forking toward upper end, in centre of decorated surface. A meandering line (L c. 50cm; Wth 1cm; D 2-3mm) is located c. 30cm to SW at its closest point. A second, shorter curvilinear motif is adjacent to SE. The decorated surface upon top of rock (dims. 0.80m NNW-SSE; 0.60m ENE-WSW) bears natural striations (long-axis NW-SE) and at least two meandering lines (Wth 1cm; D 3-4mm) of pickmarks. There are three possible cupmarks (diam. 2.5-3cm; D 4-5mm) within the vicinity. A post and wire fence is to immediate E of rock art motifs. Possibly upon same rock expanse (long-axis NE-SW) as rock art (KE082-102----) c. 14m to E. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 26 January 2018

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