What is recorded here

Kealduff Upper holds a smooth sandstone slab where three faint cup-and-ring markings align like a hidden sentence. The moss keeps them secret, but the valley light still touches the stone where someone marked it long ago.

In mountain heath (168m), on a NE-facing slope, on S side of stream. Good views overlooking Behy River valley to NE. A smooth and fractured sandstone (dims. 3.10m N-S; 3.10m E-W; max. H 0.40m at W) which is irregular in plan. It has a linear decorated surface (dims. 0.25m N-S; 0.60m E-W) which is generally flat and bears very faint motifs which are obscured by black mosses. A linear arrangement of three decorative elements (long-axis E-W) consisting of a cup-and-three-ring motif (overall diam. 20cm; cup dims. 2cm x 3cm; D 3mm; ring Wth 1-1.5cm; D 1-2mm) located in the centre; A cup-and-two-ring motif (overall diam. 12cm; cup diam. 2cm; D 2mm; ring Wth 1cm; D 1-2mm) is adjacent to W and a cupmark (diam. 5cm; D 4mm) is adjacent to E. Rock art (KE071-NEW90) is c. 2.9m to SW and rock art (KE071-179----) is c. 4m to SSE. 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 held ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to landscape features or water sources. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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