What is recorded here

Kilcarrig holds a granite boulder marked with a deep cup inside a ring, a simple shape that may have helped people read the sky or remember a life event. The stone stands off a hill crest where the Barrow and Castlecomer Ridge appear to the west while Mount Leinster rises to the east. It was probably moved during later land work, yet the mark remains clear enough to touch and imagine.

Situated just off the crest of a hill with good views to the W overlooking the Barrow and the Castlecomer Ridge and to the E towards Mount Leinster and the Blackstairs. A large granite boulder presently set on edge (L 1.8m; Wth 0.9m; T 0.44m), probably originally earthfast and most likely moved during modern land reclamation from a location some distance to the E and uphill of its present position. A vein of quartz runs across the length of the stone and forms a curve at one end of the stone. Set within the curve of the quartz vein is a large bowl-shaped cupmark (diam. 13cm; D 4cm), enclosed by a well-defined ring (Wth 5cm; D 1.5cm), forming a circle(max. diam. 31cm). Some 40cm from the outer circumference of the circle is a linear groove (L 38cm; Wth 5cm; D 0.5cm). Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett Date of upload: 5 October 2011

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have held ritual or territorial significance, possibly aligned with landscape features visible from the site. Its placement suggests a connection to ancient pathways or ceremonial activity in the region.

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