What is recorded here

Rock art in Derrynablaha marks a small triangular sandstone ledge beside blanket peat in County Kerry, where five shallow cupmarks and two cup-and-ring figures still emerge through weathered striations. The ledge faces south above the Kealduff River, catching light and rain while a standing stone waits fifty metres distant. Whoever cut those marks worked a rough, fractured surface small enough to hold in both hands, making visibility and memory more important than grandeur.

In level area of blanket peat (cutaway bog to W) and adjacent to rock outcrop (156m OD). Land rises up steeply to SW; Ballaghbeama Gap to NW and Kealduff River close to NE. Very rough and fractured sandstone rock outcrop (dims. 0.85m N-S; 1.1m E-W; max. H 0.2m) with a triangular-shaped decorated surface (dims. 0.4m N-S; 0.55m E-W) having an S-facing aspect. The rock art is visible although the surface of this stone is very weathered and has natural striations (long-axis E-W) and a lot of small, natural depressions. The motifs consist of five possible cupmarks (diam. 2-3cm; D 5-8mm); two cup-and-one ring (total diam. 10-12-cm) consisting of a deep cupmark (diam. 6cm; D 1.5-2cm). All are complete except one ringmark which is partially visible. Small knoll with standing stone (KE082-031----) is c. 50m to S. (Finlay 1973, 87-8; O'Sullivan and Sheehan 1996, 94, no. 311, Fig. 59e) To see a 3D model of this monument visit: https://skfb.ly/6yKuv Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 8 March 2017

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