Cup-Marked Stone (lost): OS Grid Reference – SG 21584 42271
Also Known as:
- Ballykean ‘Stone K’ (Kinihan 1884)
Archaeology & History
This is one of at least fourteen petroglyphs in this parish that have been either lost or destroyed since their initial description in the 19th century. It was described in George Kinihan’s (1884) survey as being, “a small peaked stone, having on the western side two small cups.” The carving has not been seen since then and he seems to have made no sketches of the stone. When the Archaeological Survey of Ireland looked for the carving in 1990 it could not be located.
References:
- Corlett, Christiaan, Inscribing the Landscape: The Rock Art of South Leinster, Wordwell: Dublin 2014.
- Kinihan, George H., “Proceedings: Cup-marked and Inscribed Stones in the Counties of Wicklow and Wexford”, in Journal Royal Society Antiquaries Ireland, (4th series) volume 6, 1884.
© Paul Bennett, The Northern Antiquarian
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