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Rock ArtSite Name: Kingsmountain Decorated Stone Alternative Name: Kingsmountain standing stone
Country: Ireland (Republic of)
NOTE: This site is 10.779 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Co. Meath Type: Rock Art
Nearest Town: Oldcastle Nearest Village: Kingsmountain
Latitude: 53.761240N Longitude: 7.043041W
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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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-1	Completely destroyed

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4	Short walk on a footpath
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2	A long walk
1	In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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**Kingsmountain Decorated Stone** submitted by kith : Photo of the decorated face of the Kingsmountain Decorated Stone taken shortly after sunset 13-07-2021 (Vote or comment on this photo)

According to Conwell (1873, 14) a mound existed at this site up to a few years previously when it was removed by the land owner and the material spread over the field as top dressing. This implies that the mound was of earth. The stone was in the centre of the mound and it is stated that it covered a chamber that was constructed from flag stones; these were smaller than the decorated stone. However, the size and shape of the decorated stone suggests that it was an orthostat rather than a capstone. As described by George Eogan.

Access to the site is down a narrow lane next to a house at 53.76313 -7.03889.
About 300 m down the lane the stone will be found on the left about 40m from a farm gate.
From the National Monuments Service Archeological Survey of Ireland database:
ME010-027----

Today the decorated surface faces in a southerly direction, but as the stone has been re-erected, its original orientation is not known, nor can it be assumed that it was re-erected the correct way up. The chamber contained bones “all of which have disappeared”. The stone, rectangular in cross-section, is slightly over 2m in height and measures 0.85m in length at the base. The material is sandstone, the surface being uneven and flaked in places. Professor Phillips reports that “this stone is composed of well sorted cross-bedded quartz sandstone with a few circular calcareous concretions. This rock is of Lower Carboniferous age and could have been quarried in the Oldcastle area to the west.” The decoration is confined to the lower half of one of the two broad faces where it occupies virtually the entire surface. The motifs consist almost entirely of spirals. These are six in number. The bottom two are anti-clockwise; the remainder are clockwise. There are three main spirals and these extend diagonally along the face from top to bottom. The uppermost spiral is of four turns but portion of the top is now missing. At its base there are two sagging lines; perhaps these are all that remain of two further members. To its upper left there are traces of a curvilinear motif. The middle spiral consists of seven turns. The bottom example has five turns. It has been damaged due to the removal of part of the stone's surface, especially on the right hand side. To the left of the central spiral there are three further spirals, but smaller and not so well preserved. That on the top has four turns; the middle has three and the bottom possibly five. To the bottom right of the large uppermost spiral there are two further lines. These are parallel and almost vertical. Between the outermost one and the edge there appears to be same slight depressions, possibly pickmarks.’ (Moore 1987, no. 26; Herity 1974, 244; Shee Twohig 1981, 224-5; Eogan 2000, 4-6)
Compiled by: Paul Walsh
Date of upload: 21 April 2015

References:
1. Eogan, G. 2000 A group of Megalithic monuments at Kingsmountain - Clonasillagh, Co. Meath, Ríocht na Mídhe, 11, 1016.
2. Herity, M. 1974 Irish Passage Graves. Dublin. Irish University Press.
3. Moore, M. 1987 Archaeological inventory of county Meath. Dublin. Stationery Office.
4. Shee Twohig, E. 1981 The Megalithic Art of Western Europe. Oxford, Clarendon Press src="> src="> src=">
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