Rock scribing in Sheheree, County Kerry

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What is recorded here

In the NW quadrant of a possible rath (KE067-034----). An irregularly shaped smooth-surfaced stone (0.22m x 0.15m) with incised linear markings of varying length on its surface. The lines appear to have been made by rubbing a sharp-edged or pointed object backwards and forwards across the stone.

From the National Monuments Service (Archaeological Survey of Ireland) record KE067-034002

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