What is recorded here

Kilcoe rock art: Twelve cupmarks, five ringed, sit on a flat lichen-masked stone in a private garden above Roaringwater Bay, with a second panel fifty metres south. Someone cut or worn those marks while facing open water, perhaps counting tides, marking territory, or simply playing with a hard tool and patience. The bay still roars beneath the garden, carrying the place forward from that unknown hand into the present.

In a garden of a private home. On a relatively flat outcropping rock with a pitted surface masked by lichen growth. A panel of 12 cupmarks, 5 of which are enclosed by a ring. Good views over Roaringwater Bay ESE-WSW. Another panel of rock art (CO140-067----) is c. 50m to S. Compiled by: Matt Kelleher Date of upload: 30 June 2015

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have had ritual or astronomical significance, given its position offering views over Roaringwater Bay. Encircling rings around some cupmarks suggest possible symbolic or ceremonial use, though specific folklore or function remains unrecorded.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.