What is recorded here

Rock art in Letter West carries a visible cluster of small pickmarks on fractured sandstone above the Behy River valley. The marks sit twenty-four metres from another recorded site, suggesting a busy threshold where people repeated gestures across nearby stones. Mountain heath still surrounds the place, preserving the chance that several hands returned to the same slope before the valley faded from memory.

In mountain heath (169m OD), on a NE-facing slope, to NW of stream. Good views overlooking Behy River valley to NE and overlooked by mountains SE->W->NW. A smooth and fractured sandstone (dims. 2.00m NE-SW; 1.10m NW-SE; max. H 0.20m at SE) which is irregular in plan. It has an irregular decorated surface (dims. 0.22m NE-SW; 0.07m NW-SE) which is generally flat. The decorative elements consist of an obvious cluster (dims. 22cm NE-SW; 7cm NW-SE) of pickmarks upon the SW area of the stone. The cluster is defined by individual pickmarks (diam. 7-9mm; D 2mm) that are very distinct. Rock art (KE071-186----) is c. 24m to NNE. 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 had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to landscape features or early farming communities. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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