Carrigillihy

Nearest town:
Castlehaven North (4km WSW)
OS reference:
W2172832151
OS sheet:
89
Latitude:
51° 32' 12.22 N
Longitude:
9° 7' 41.57 W
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Images

Image of Carrigillihy (Cup Marked Stone) by gjrk

Looking over the rock, in the direction in which the panel faces.

Image credit: Gordon Kingston
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gjrk Apr 18, 2009
Image of Carrigillihy (Cup Marked Stone) by gjrk

The northeast face of the rock.

Image credit: Gordon Kingston
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gjrk Apr 18, 2009
Image of Carrigillihy (Cup Marked Stone) by gjrk

The upper segment of the panel.

Image credit: Gordon Kingston
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Image of Carrigillihy (Cup Marked Stone) by gjrk

The upper portion of the semicircle.

Image credit: Gordon Kingston
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Image of Carrigillihy (Cup Marked Stone) by gjrk

The right-hand arc of the semicircle.

Image credit: Gordon Kingston
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Image of Carrigillihy (Cup Marked Stone) by gjrk

Looking south at the full body of the rock.

Image credit: Gordon Kingston
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Image of Carrigillihy (Cup Marked Stone) by gjrk

The lower portion of the rock, looking south.

Image credit: Gordon Kingston
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gjrk Apr 18, 2009
Image of Carrigillihy (Cup Marked Stone) by gjrk

A closer view of the lattice-shaped marking.

Image credit: Gordon Kingston
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Articles

Carrigillihy

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gjrk Apr 18, 2009

Visible from the farm track and 82m southwest of the stone group, is a protruding rock, flat-faced on its northeastern side. Careful study of the larger, left-hand segment of this striated panel reveals an almost perfect semicircle of cup-shaped depressions, none wider than a stout fingertip. Close to the ground, on the lower, right-hand section, is a deeply scored lattice pattern.

This may well be the “cupmarked stone” recorded on archaeology.ie, but it sits in a different part of the field, 58m west of the given coordinates.

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