Is this art?

Coorleigh South 1

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gjrk Oct 31, 2008 17:03:41

Sorry about the novice-grade question but I was just wondering if this looks legit?

There are eleven cups; 3 to 5 cm in diameter and up to 1cm deep. They are contained in a top-surface area defined by two parallel grooves 1.1m apart, each about 7cm wide and 3cm deep (when measured from the interior space). The exterior surface (outside the grooves) is about 1cm lower than the interior level.

It's listed in the Archaeological Inventory as a mass rock, but looks like a boulder burial.

Mortimer Oct 31, 2008 17:55:13

Replying to gjrk

If you mean: "are these authentic cup-markings?" They certainly look like it!

tiompan Nov 3, 2008 14:36:44

Replying to gjrk

gjrk wrote:

Sorry about the novice-grade question but I was just wondering if this looks legit?

It's listed in the Archaeological Inventory as a mass rock, but looks like a boulder burial.

Gordon , just re-read your notes again and had a look at the pics , it does look like a recumbent stone from an RSC rather than an axial stone from an ASC , the orienation is also closer to an RSC .Recumbents are sometimes cup marked and and chocked to keep it level .The other stone mentioned , a kilometre distant even sounds like it has flankers .

FourWinds Nov 3, 2008 19:31:54

Replying to gjrk

Looks like a boulder burial. Cup-marks are not very unusual on boulder burials. Re-use as a mass rock is not out of the question. Many things were used including several wedge tombs. No need to look for anything other than what it appears to be.

The only definite RSC in Ireland was up north and was destroyed using land clearance grants in the 1970s/1980s.