Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Fegart, County Donegal, Ireland
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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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
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.