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| This carved stone was found buried in a field nearby many years ago and was temporarily set into a wall before being moved to the front of a farmers cottage for safe keeping. The cottage now lies in a forgotten pile of stone in the corner of a field and I was not very hopeful of locating the rock art. However, after hacking through the undergrowth for a while this stone stood out as the largest on top of the pile and moving a decaying tree trunk revealed the carvings underneath, still in an excellent state of preservation. It is the only example of rock art so far discovered in Co. Westmeath. |
Posted by CianMcLiam19th February 2012ce |
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| Great piece of prehistoric detective work Ken. Nice carving! |
Posted by ryaner19th February 2012ce |
| Thanks, it is a really nice example, there's at least six cup marks on it as well, better photo of those to follow. |
Posted by CianMcLiam 20th February 2012ce |
| Lovely photographs, nice job. When I rediscovered this stone at Ballinlug in 2008/9 it and the rubble bank were entirely overgrown with trees and the stone was covered in moss. There are actually at least 4 cup and ring marked stones from westmeath- have a look at JRSAI vol 140 2010. |
Posted by oreillydv 23rd August 2013ce |
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