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Rock art

Carrowreagh Or Craignacally, County Donegal, Ireland

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Townland
Carrowreagh Or Craignacally
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
55.29764, -7.34422
SMR number
DG003-018----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The National Monuments Service's description

Identified by Van Hoek in 1987 and described as 'Only 20m ESE of the mass rock (DG003-005----) and in the same triangular field is one of the few outcrops in grassland which is engraved. It has four cupmarks; one large and deep example has one complete ring; another large and deep cupmark has one gapped ring with a short tail through the gap running NE. From its ring runs another groove towards the other cup and ring. The cupmark to the NW has faint traces of a ring and groove running SE. The rock slopes 8 degrees to the E where carved. There are wide inland views, especially towards Crockmore' (Van Hoek and Van Hoek 1985, fig. 3F) (Van Hoek 1987, 28).

Van Hoek, M.A. M. (1987) 'The prehistoric rock art of County Donegal (part 1)' UJA vol. 50, 23-46.

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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