Hi Andy
You don't have to cross the waters to see stunning rock art, You've got a shedload of it. I'm sure Mr FW can point you in the right direction.
I guess FW's and Anthony Weirs sites are a good places to check out your native rock art.
If you are tempted to come over to Blighty I'm sure you'll find folk on here who'll be more than happy to give you a tour around some of the carvings.
You would be more than welcome to attend our 2007 rock art meet-up which will be held in Dumfries and Galloway, we'll be in the neighbourhood of Stranraer, handy for the ferry.
The Rock art in the British Landscape website is a good starting point
http://groups.msn.com/rockartinthebritishlandscape

You'll find some good titles here
http://groups.msn.com/rockartinthebritishlandscape /bibliography.msnw

The Bradley's book looks at the Atlantic Coast of western Europe whereas Beckensalls British Prehistoric Rock Art takes-in mainland Britain.

I've not read this book but I've heard it's a bit tasty. Tasty price too!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198131933/sr=8-7/qid=1154704586/ref=sr_1_7/202-8318685-0031868?ie=UTF8&s=gateway

cheers
fitz

Definitely go to Reyfad. Absoloutely stunning. You'll have to go a long way to find another panel that measure 4m x 2.5m and is totally covered. Another few goodies if you can find them are at Derrynablaha - http://www.megalithomania.com/show/image/4950 & http://www.megalithomania.com/show/image/4982

Hiya Andy,

If you want a book that gives a good overview, you can't do better than Beckensall's 'British Prehistoric Rock Art'
http://www.tempus-publishing.com/bookdetails.php?isbn=0752425145
Ebay usually has a paperback copy floating about every couple of weeks.

As has been pointed out above, there's an appaling lack of books about irish open air RA. Whoever can be arsed to go photograph it all, write it up, then faff about with publishers, would be doing the world of cupspotters a big favour.

For a nice place to look for links twixt Irish and British RA, the Kilmartin area is worth a ponder. Inside the Neolithic Mind offers a well interesting take on the passage grave RA, but I don't think anyone out there in Professionalarchaeologistland is willing to stick their neck out regarding what the landscape RA is about. Too high a likelihood of being ridiculed I suspect. The best on offer is probably Bradley's Rock Art and the Prehistory of Atlantic Europe:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0415165369/103-5792889-9557464?v=glance&n=283155

Hi Ryaner,
To come back to your initial question about a nice rock art read, if you can wait till November, you'll have Stan Beckensall's latest book in hands. Here's a link to the front cover which he just sent us:
http://rockartukbrac.blogspot.com/2006/08/circles-in-stone.html
with a link to the publisher as well.
Cheers,
Jan