What is recorded here

Kilcarrig holds at least twelve small cupmarks cut into a flat boulder on a west-facing ridge in County Carlow. Someone stood there long ago, striking stone until it yielded, while cattle graze beside the mark now. The ridge continues east to another painted rock, suggesting a line of visibility rather than a lonely accident.

On a W-facing slope of a ridge which runs N-S, in pasture. There is rock art (CW016-130----) on another boulder c. 730m to the E on the summit of the ridge. A large earthfast boulder with at least 12 cupmarks (D c. 0.08m) on the upper flat surface of the outcrop. Compiled by: Jean Farrelly Date of upload: 9 January 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art at Kilcarrig may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water sources or landscape features. Cupmarked stones are often associated with ceremonial use or markers in prehistoric landscapes.

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