The Megalithic Art of the Passage Tombs at Knowth, Co. Meath

Description of Kerbstone 7

A series of circles, arcs and U-shaped motifs are picked on the upper two-thirds of the surface of this stone. The picking is done with both small and broad points, and in places the pickmarks merge together to form a ribbon-like line. Some patches of Close Area-picking occur on the upper part of the stone. From the left, the motifs comprise a double gapped circle and two large, double concentric circles with two smaller circles between them, the upper one being gapped.

To the right is another small single circle, with a double circle beneath. To the right of this, two gapped double circles open towards each other to form a distinctive motif like a figure of eight. Above these is a double semi-circle opening downwards, a gapped circle, and three large, boxed Us opening downwards towards a fourth U. Near the top-right is another small, gapped circle. On the lower-right of the stone there are a number of deep pickmarks.

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