<< Our Photo Pages >> Castleinch rock scribing - Carving in Ireland (Republic of) in Co. Cork
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Multi-periodSite Name: Castleinch rock scribingCountry: Ireland (Republic of)
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County: Co. Cork Type: Carving
Nearest Village: Ovens
Latitude: 51.892662N Longitude: 8.671764W
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4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
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5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
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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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