| Crannagh - Standing Stone | Crannagh 2 - Rock Art |
This panel has been beckoning myself and Ken Williams for some time now. Chris Corlett included it in his talk on Carlow & Wicklow rock art a while back and the photo looked great. Having got hold of the grid ref we finally managed to set off up the hill today, which wasn't too bad as a track leads up the other side of the river making the climb easy. Even more amazingly the grid ref we had was only 14m out and we walked right up to the stone.
The panel is very nice and the 1.9km walk from the road is worth making. There is a cupmark with four rings and a gutter, two or three cupmarks with one ring and some solo cupmarks. The stone itself is low lying and difficult to see until you are close by.
This is officially Leinster's highest piece of rock art ... until now that is, because I discovered another panel 10m further up the hill, just 50m from this panel (see sub-site). I am sure that there is a lot more around here, but many of the larger rocks are covered in peat, so finding them will be tricky.
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_Walking to this site is a pleasure. Walking up the valley towards Mount Leinster in fine weather is a great way to spend a Sunday morning. However, the stream was very swollen due to recent rains and the ground was very boggy and wet feet were the order of the day. To add to the wet feet discomfort the sun was very bright today and washed out the designs, rendering side-flash techniques almost useless.
The bonus of the weather being so good was that the view to Brandon Mountain was totally clear.
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_A Random Selection of Nearby Monuments
 Derrynablaha (Co. Kerry) |  Ballinkillin (Co. Carlow) |  Clonasillagh (Co. Meath) |
 Clearagh (Co. Cork) |  Ballinvalley (Co. Meath) |  Kealduff Upper (Co. Kerry) |
