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Rock art

Fegart, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Fegart, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Fegart
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
Not indicated
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
55.29731, -7.32021
SMR number
DG004-088002-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Scotland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

In the N half of a pasture field, on elevated ground on the NE edge of Doagh Island. The location has excellent views N and E over Trawbreaga Bay, with the long stretch of Malin peninsula beyond; to W ground rises gradually in a series of small hills and rocky peaks; higher hills and mountainous peaks form a dramatic distant backdrop at SW.
A cupmark (4cm) enclosed by a single ring (diam. 10-11cm) is visible at the NW edge of a flat rock surface (0.4-1m N-S; 1.9m E-W) which is flush with ground level. The ring seems rather crudely defined, and is indistinct on the N arc.
The full extent of the rock panel is unknown as grass encroaches on all sides. A swathe of grass (Wth 0.8-1m) separates it from a larger panel of rock art (DG004-088001-) to S, and it is possible that the two decorated rock surfaces are in fact part of the same seam of bedrock.

Attached images:
DG004-088002-_01 viewed from E, with larger rock art panel (DG004-088001-) in background
DG004-088002-_02 viewed from N

Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy

Date of upload: 20 January 2023

Nearby in the register

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

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