While much better known for the re-constructed 9th century AD ringfort or cashel, in the maintained landscaped grounds of Loher Cashel is a small stone with rock art.
The small rock has multiple cup-and-rung motifs and pockmarks:
The upper E half has three cup-and-ring motifs (overall diam. 11-17cm; ring Wth 2-2.5cm; D 4-5cm; cup diam. 6-8cm; D 5-9mm), two cupmarks (range diam. 5-8cm; D 5-16mm), five pockmarks (diam. 1.5-2cm; D 3-4mm), a number of pickmarks (diam. 1cm; D 4mm); A short curvilinear groove (L 15cm; Wth 1.5cm; D 3-4mm) is located upon the area between the three cup-and-ring motifs. The lower W half bears motifs of a similar size including a partial cup-and-ring motif, three cupmarks, two pockmarks and a number of pickmarks.
Alison McQueen and Vera Rahilly
A rectangular sandstone boulder incorporated into the lowest course of boulders that form the exterior wall at the soutern end of the fort has a circular cupmark. Beyond the fence which encloses the fort is a cupmarked boulder 20m to the South and there is a cup-and-ring marked boulder in a field 80m to the south-west.
Getting to Loher Cashel Rock Art
Follow the directions to the Loher Cashel Rock Art, which is 1.5km (6min) from the Ring of Kerry road. A short walk takes you down to the fort, and the stone is on the lower side in the middle of the lawn (within the fenced area).
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