What is recorded here

Clear history of Teeromoyle is missing, but the rock still displays eight cupmarks, linear grooves and a ring on a stepped sandstone surface. The marks sit beside mountain pasture and face the Ferta valley, suggesting that the stone was made visible to people moving through an open landscape. Perhaps a cup at a groove crossing recorded a boundary, a gift, a loss or a promise. The absence of a known date does not remove the act of marking; it preserves the chance that someone lived there long enough to shape the rock and leave it behind.

Located to W of KE070-113----, in the same field, this boulder has a stepped upper surface and measures 2.18m x .75m in overall dimensions. On the lower plane are a number of linear grooves, a ring and eight cupmarks. Three of the cupmarks occur at intersections of the grooves. Occurring on the upper plane is a single cupmark and traces of an enclosing ring (information: A. Purcell). The above description is derived from A. O'Sullivan and J. Sheehan (compilers), 'The Iveragh peninsula: an archaeological survey of South Kerry'. Cork University Press (1996), no. 369. In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated in the light of recent research. Date of upload: 30 July 2013 In mountain pasture (248m OD), on a steep S-facing slope, on the lower slopes of Teeromoyle mountain; Good views of the River Ferta valley to S and W. A farm road is c. 28m to W and a field fence is c. 25-30m to N. A smooth, generally flat, sandstone boulder (dims. 2.40m NE-SW; 0.74m NW-SE; max. H 1.10m) having deep fractures/fissures filled with moss and grasses. The decorated surface is rectangular (dims. 0.74m NW-SE; 0.67m NE-SW) having weathered yet traceable motifs. Eight cupmarks (diam. 4-7cm; D 4-6mm). The two smaller cupmarks at SE edge of decorated surface are deeper (D 6mm). An isolated cupmark (diam. 7cm; D 4mm) is on a higher ledge (H 0.35m) at NE side of decorated surface. A linear groove (dims. L 61cm NW-SE; Wth 1cm; D 3mm) traverses width of stone and there is a cupmark (diam. 7cm) incorporated into its SW side; A faint radial groove (dims. L 13cm NE-SW; Wth 1-1.5cm) extends from SW side. A curvilinear groove (L 26cm NE-SW) extends at a right angle to NE side of main linear groove and terminates at base of previously mentioned ledge. Compiled by: Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly Date of upload: 31 May 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water or fertility, given the presence of cupmarks and grooves. Such features are commonly associated with ceremonial or marking practices in prehistoric landscapes.

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