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<< Our Photo Pages >> Castleinch rock scribing - Carving in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Cork

Submitted by GaelicLaird on Monday, 18 April 2022  Page Views: 1816

Multi-periodSite Name: Castleinch rock scribing
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 4.103 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Co. Cork Type: Carving
 Nearest Village: Ovens
Latitude: 51.892662N  Longitude: 8.671764W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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Castleinch rock scribing
Castleinch rock scribing submitted by GaelicLaird : There are markings on the vertical edge of the stone that faces towards the road but the deepest markings on the flat horizontal upper surface of the stone, as shown in this photo. Similar scribings have been found on standing stones and stone rows in the relatively nearby area. Photo taken February 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A solitary stone used for rock scribing, officially recorded as monument number CO073-105----

On the N side of a road, embedded into an earth and stone field boundary. The SW face of a rectangular stone (H 0.6m; Wth 0.72m; T 0.26m) has numerous faint narrow horizontal grooves (L 0.05-0.2m), c. 0.01m apart, across it. There are also three grooves (L 0.07-0.09m), 0.01m apart, on the upper surface of the stone.

The above description is derived from 'The Archaeological Inventory of County Cork. Volume 5' (Dublin: Stationery Office, 2009).

The term "rock scribing" is used to describe marks deliberately incised or cut into a stone surface. They can vary from a series of very fine lines to geometric patterns or anthropomorphic images. They occur principally on rock outcrops, boulder shelters, caves and megalithic tombs. The date of rock scribings is uncertain though some may be prehistoric. These carvings incorporate motifs that do not regularly fit within the accepted canon of prehistoric Passage tomb art or Rock art.
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Castleinch rock scribing
Castleinch rock scribing submitted by GaelicLaird : The view looking to the north west over Inniscarra reservoir and the Boggeragh mountains in the distance. Photo taken February 2022. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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