What is recorded here

In 1963, Anati recorded a decorated rock, .6m x 1.2m, bearing a cup-and-ring and five simple cupmarks in Derrynablaha, County Kerry. He also detailed a 'stone-circle of small stones' and a standing stone close by. Later searches failed to find the complex, turning a clear record into a ghost story about what the mountain kept back.

Anati recorded a decorated rock, .6m x 1.2m, bearing a cup-and-ring and five simple cupmarks at this location. He also detailed a 'stone-circle of small stones' and a standing stone close by (1963, 8, No. 11). This complex has not been located. The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 322. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 28 July 2013 In the townland of Derrynabalaha, which is predominantly rough, mountain pasture that overlooks the Kealduff River valley to E. Monument not located. According to O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 96; Entry 322), Anati (1963, 8, No. 11) recorded a decorated rock (dims. 0.6m x 1.2m) bearing a cup-and-ring and five simple cupmarks in this townland. He also detailed a ‘stone-circle of small stones’ and a standing stone close by (ibid). This complex was not located by O’Sullivan & Sheehan (1996, 96). Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 8 March 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art at Derrynablaha may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to territorial markers, celestial observations, or early religious practices. Such cup-and-ring motifs are commonly associated with ceremonial landscapes in Atlantic Europe.

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