What is recorded here

Bog in Letter West, County Kerry, keeps one triangular rock exposed. A single cupmark, forty-five millimetres across and eight millimetres deep, sits near the north edge while lichens cover the higher stone. That difference suggests the marked part lay hidden beneath the bog until recently. The rock may have waited centuries for the land to release its small proof.

A triangular shaped rock which slopes upwards to W, having sides of approx. 1m, protrudes from boggy pasture, a single clearly defined cupmark (diam. 0.045m, D. 8mm) towards its N edge. Other features on the surface, which include horizontal and vertical grooves as well as an oblong shaped hollow, appear to be natural. The highest part of the panel is heavily lichen encrusted while the part of the surface inscribed with the cupmark is almost devoid of lichen suggesting the cupmarked portion of the panel was below ground level until recent years. Compiled by Aoibheann Lambe Date of upload/revision 28 January 2018

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cupmark may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water or fertility. Similar rock art features are often associated with ceremonial or territorial markers in prehistoric landscapes.

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