This large area of rock outcrop (measuring 5.1m x 3.4m) is one of many rock art sites in the Derrynablaha area. It overlooks the Kealduff River valley and Lough Brin to the north-east.
The large, flat boulder has about 31 cupmarks: “Shallow cupmarks, a few of which feature radial grooves, dominate the carvings, and the presence of extensive pitting may partly be the result of weathering. Five individual cupmarks form a circular arrangement around a central one.” (Finlay, 1973).
There are four cup-and-ring motifs, two with incomplete rings, with a small cup-and-circle being the only motif present on the irregular east side.
Getting to the Derreeny (321) boulder
The boulder is only about 50m ftom the road in an upland heath pasture on the steep portion of a north-east-facing slope at 51.92972, -9.79347.
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