Aghacarrible / Áth an Charbaill

Rock Art

One of my favourite places to visit on the Dingle Peninsula is the Lispole Valley. This area is a delight for anyone interested in antiquities. There are too many to mention here, but amongst them are the alignment and standing stone at Ardamore and Minard Castle is also nearby. On this trip we drove to the western end of the valley and stopped at Aghacarrible to see the amazing rock art carved on this 3.7 metre long stone. Until recently the stone was partly hidden under a field wall. It is decorated with some cup-and ring decoration as well as at least forty plain cup marks. Also present on this farm is a ringfort with a clochan and souterrain.

Since our first visit José has made a return trip to Aghacarrible and managed to get some really impressive images of this amazing rock art. The decorative cup and ring motifs are mainly concentrated on the bottom section of the stone.