Unusual Rock Art Near Bantry, West Cork: The Ballybane Group

This group of rock art panels depart from the cup-and-ring motifs common in Irish Rock Art. Large, sometimes squarish circles with no central cupmark predominate. This paper describes the panels and their location on the landscape and seeks to establish the group within the general corpus of Irish Rock Art. The paper also poses questions that arise from an examination of this group with regard to the conservation of rock art.