What is recorded here

Derrygarrane South preserves cupmarks and partial rings on a fractured sandstone boulder above Kerry bog. The marks are shallow and worn, but they still break the smooth stone surface beside a quiet tributary of Lough Fadda. Whoever cut them worked in open mountain air, making small symbols that rain and time have nearly taken back.

In mountain heath (197m OD), on a gentle N-facing slope, located on N side of a low hillock, overlooking an expanse of bog NW->N->NE. Located on S side of tributary stream of Lough Fadda that flows into Kealduff River; Knocklomena clearly visible to N. A large, smooth and fractured sandstone boulder (dims. 2.30m NW-SE; 1.14m NE-SW; max. H 0.66m at W) which is subrectangular in plan; Two natural fractures (long axis NW-SE and WNW-ESE) across the stone surface. It has an irregular-shaped decorated surface (dims. 1.41m NW-SE; 0.41m NE-SW) having a gentle E-facing aspect. The motifs are very weathered, yet traceable and consist of a cup-and-one-ring motif (overall diam. 12cm; ring Wth 2.5cm; D 3mm; cup diam. 6cm; D 8mm) and a cup-and-partial-ring (overall dims. 12cm x 9cm; ring Wth 2cm; D 3mm; cup diam. 5.5cm; D 8mm). A cupmark (diam. 4cm; D 5mm) is located at NW and a second cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 8mm) is located at S. Two linear grooves, one of which (long-axis NNW-SSE; L 21cm; wth 1-2cm; D 3mm) curves to E at its SE end. A stone wall with post and wire fence on top is located c. 3m to SW and a second post and wire fence is c. 9m to SE. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 26 January 2018

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to water sources or landscape features important for early farming communities. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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