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Ireland |
Locality: |
Aghacarrible |
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Region: |
County Kerry |
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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 a relatively level area of a gentle northeast facing slope overlooking a river valley in improved pasture |
Proximity: |
Adjacent to and partially underlying a field boundary wall, c300m west of Glounshavanowen River, in the vicinity of slab-lined graves, and a modern settlement and roadway |
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Geology: |
Earthfast sandstone slab |
Surface: |
Relatively smooth flat surface with some lichen mainly at the edges of the panel. Inclination of carved surface 30 degrees. No sign of dressing or other working. |
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Dimensions:
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Length 3.40 m.
Width 1.80 m.
Depth 0.55 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 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). The motifs are concentrated in the southern half of the panel and are arranged either side of a small natural fissure running across the surface. Several of the 'composit' cup and ring motifs feature 'satellite' cups incorporated into the outer rings. The area of the panel previously obscured by the stone field boundary wall measures 1m across. The motifs beneath the wall were recorded by Graves (1877)
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Figures: |
total number 71
Cups, cup and ring, cup and multiple rings and / or penannular ring(s), linear and curvilinear motifs, key-hole motif, cup and radial line
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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: |
The presence of the stone wall across the panel was probably more protective of the surface against weathering than any cause of damage. Natural erosion and weathering are the only major risks. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
Recorded and published by Graves (1877) and by Cuppage (1986). The landwoner has placed a protective fence around the stone to protect is from stock damage and provide visitor access. The stone field wall previously covering the western end of the panel has also been removed. Listed in the Sites and Monuments Record of Ireland |
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By |
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| Record n. 355 / 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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