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Country: |
Ireland |
Locality: |
Lougher |
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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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110 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
This panel is reportedly situated on the lower slopes of Knocknakilton, but this could not be confirmed during the site visit |
Proximity: |
Located west of a farmyard boundary and main road, close by to several tributary strams to the Emlagh River. There are a number of archaeological sites in the area, including a standing stone, souterrain and numerous ringforts |
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Geology: |
Sandstone boulder |
Surface: |
Eroded with fissures |
Dimensions:
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Length 0.90 m.
Width 0.87 m.
Depth 0.15 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
Three small cup marks
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Figures: |
total number 3
Cups only
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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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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
One of the cup marks has been deepened through natural erosion. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
Recorded in Cuppage (1986) Listed in the Sites and Monuments Record of Ireland |
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By |
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Record n. 385 / 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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