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Locality: |
Ballyhoneen / Kilmore |
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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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80 m
Open-air
Shelter
Cave
Portable
Megalithic
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Geography: |
Situated on a low gentle northwest facing slope in a pasture field with grazing cattle |
Proximity: |
A short distance from the River Scorid, the bog road leading to Lough Adoon, and a range of site types in the valley, including wedge tombs, standing stones, and pre-bog field systems. |
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Geology: |
Sandstone boulder |
Surface: |
Largely flat surface with some uneven areas. What is probably just a small segment of the panel is visible above the ground as the surrounding turf almost completely covers the stone. An abundance of moss and lichens, and a natural fissure running dwn the centre of the carved surface. Inclination of carved surface: 15 degrees. No obvious signs of dressing or other working noted. |
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Dimensions:
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Length 0.70 m.
Width 0.60 m.
Depth 0.25 m.
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Art |
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Description: |
Engravings
Paintings
Painted engravings
High or low-relief
Sculpture
The motifs which are visible above the turf surrounding the carved surface consist of a large cup or basin surrounded by a ring, a second cup surrounding by a ring and adjoining linear groove, which runs down slope.
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Figures: |
total number 5
Basin, cup, ring, 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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Conservation |
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Status: |
Public
Private
Park
Classified site
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Risk: |
The motifs are relatively faint probably due to exposure to natural causes of erosion and weathering. The panel is also vulnerable to damage associated with stock grazing. |
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Conservation: |
Good
Quite good
Mediocre
Bad
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Intervention: |
The site is located within a valley which is privately owned but is accessible to the public as a natural park owing to its environmental and archaeological significance. Recorded and surveyed by O'Coileain (in preparation). |
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By |
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| Record n. 369 / 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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