What is recorded here

Thirty centuries of mountain wind have not erased the fifteen cups carved into that smooth Kerry boulder. Seven form an inner ring around an empty centre, eight trace the outer edge, and the whole disc tilts slightly south as if offering itself to the valley light. A person stood here in rocky heath, marked stone with patience, and left a small diagram bigger than their lifetime.

In rocky mountain heath (191m), on a NE-facing slope. Excellent views of Behy river valley to NE with Seefin and Droum Mountains in background. A smooth and unfractured sandstone boulder (dims. 0.4m NW-SE; 0.38m NE-SW; H 0.12m) which is roughly square in plan. It has a subcircular decorated surface (dims. 0.31m NW-SE; 0.24m NE-SW) which is generally flat with a slight S-facing tilt. The decorated surface bears fifteen cupmarks (average diam. 4cm; D 3-5mm). Seven of these cupmarks form an inner ring (overall diam. 0.16m N-S; 0.21m E-W) that encloses a roughly circular area (dims. 8cm N-S; 13cm E-W). Eight of the cupmarks form an outer ring (dims. 0.31m NW-SE; 0.24m NE-SW), some being close to the edge of the decorated surface. Rock art (KE071-156001-) is c. 0.2m to SE, a small dry valley is adjacent to SE. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 18 July 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have served a ritual or territorial function, possibly linked to landscape features visible from the site. No specific folklore is recorded, but its positioning suggests a connection to ancient pathways or ceremonial activity in the mountain heath.

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