Derrynablaha Derreeny (311) rock art

Summary: The Derreeny (311) rock art in the Derrynablaha area features two cup-and-rings and a faint radial line.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 2
  • Motif/s: Cup-and-Ring
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1973
  • Ann O’Sullivan and John Sheehan, The Iveragh Peninsula: An Archaeological Survey of South Kerry (1996). Number 311. Fig. 59.

One of many rock art sites in Derrynablaha, this small boulder with rock art is referred to as Derreeny (311) by O’Sullivan and Sheehan (1996) and measures only 1m x 85xcm.

IMG 7492 LR Derrynablaha Derreeny (311) rock art

The boulder has “two cup-and-rings, one with a portion of a second ring. Faint traces of a curved radial line extend from the ring of the second motif”.

IMG 7493 LR Derrynablaha Derreeny (311) rock art
IMG 7490 LR Derrynablaha Derreeny (311) rock art

Documented in a number of publications and journals, there is a 3D model of the Derrynablaha Derreeny (311) rock.

Getting to Derrynablaha 15

The small rock is a fairly short distance from the road near the bottom of the valley , and accessed by walking up the fied (51.93738, -9.79478).

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