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Derreeny : Rock Art

CountyKerry
Grid RefV 769 778
GPSV 76886 77786 (5m)
Longitude9° 47' 25.53" W
Latitude51° 56' 19.28" N
Nearest TownSneem (13.5 Km)
OS Sheet78
UTM zone29U
UTM x445663.13993844
UTM y5754514.229815
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Visit Notes

Sunday, 19th October 2008

On this visit the rain was pouring down and the mist was thick. I only found this stone because I had the GPS coordinates for it. The whole area here is strewn with boulders and old field walls, which means that you have to check every stone even when you have accurate GPS readings. The ground is very boggy, too, and the high reeds mean that you'll get very, very wet walking around here if it's been raining recently.

The panel is about 1.5m x 1.5m and next to a short stretch of wall that seems to serve no purpose. A crack along the rock separates a cluster of cup-and-ring motifs from a larger cup-and-ring design.

I wish I could tell you more and that my pictures were better, but the weather really was foul. I will be back to this townland to seek out the many other stones in the area, and I'll definitely come back to this one.

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