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Country: |
Ireland |
Locality: |
Ballyglasheen |
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Region: |
County Kerry |
Area: |
Dingle Peninsula |
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Environment & Surface |
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Altitude:
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150 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
Situated on the steep south facing lower slopes of Knocknakilton Mountain with commanding views over Anascaul valley and across to Dingle Bay and the Iveragh Peninsula. Incorporated into a field boundary wall, within a pasture field in use for sheep grazing |
Proximity: |
Near to intermittant streams and springs, field boundaries, a modern settlement, and a standing stone. Under 100m to the northeast is Ballynahunt waterfall. |
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Geology: |
Sandstone boulder |
Surface: |
Smooth convex surface with a number of narrow fissures, and lichens. Carved surface inclination: 35 degrees. No signs of dressing or other working. |
Dimensions:
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Length 0.85 m.
Width 0.65 m.
Depth 0.18 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
The pecked motifs consist of three cup marks of varying size (200mm-530mm in diameter), the smallest of which is relatively indistinct. A Possible groove runs across the surface a short distance from one of the cup marks. Motifs consist of abstract 'cup-and-ring marks' of the Galician style found across Ireland, the United Kingdom Western France and Iberia. They consist of deep pecked glyphs produced with a hard tool (probably stone or antler).
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Figures: |
total number 4
Cup marks, groove
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Chronology: |
Palaeolithic
Epipalaeolithic - Mesolithic
Neolithic
Copper Age
Bronze Age
Iron Age
Roman
Middle Age
Modern
Unknown
No absolute dates are available but generally accepted as Late Neolithic / Early Bronze Age
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Notes: |
This panel is not previously recorded - see the main rock art survey of the area (Cuppage 1986) |
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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
Exposed to natural causes of erosion and weathering and potential stock damage, as the field is in use for sheep grazing. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
The stone is situated against a field boundary wall suggesting that it may have been moved from its original position within the field |
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By |
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Record n. 363 / 807 |
No commercial use is allowed. Specific © is mentioned in the captions or owned by each Author or Institution |
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EuroPreArt, European Prehistoric Art, is a web-based archaeological project funded by the European Union which aims to establish a lasting data-base of European prehistoric art documentation, to launch the base of an European institutional network and to contribute to the awareness of the diversity and richness of European Prehistoric Art.
It is proposed by: Instituto Politécnico de Tomar (IPT, Portugal),
CUEBC - European University Centre for Cultural Heritage (Italy - Europe),
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (España),
Asociación Cultural Colectivo Barbaón (España),
Université de Liège (Belgique),
Gotland University College (Sverige),
University College Dublin (Eire),
Cooperativa Archeologica Le Orme dell'Uomo (Italia),
Study Centre and Museum of Prehistoric Art of
Pinerolo (Italia),
The European Centre for Prehistoric Research in the Alto Ribatejo (Portugal),
ArqueoJovem - a youth NGO (Portugal).
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