Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Cloontagh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Cloontagh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.23166, -7.37047
- SMR number
- DG010-040----
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1881 "Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
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The National Monuments Service's description
Large square shaped block (dims. 1.3m x 1.4m x 0.5m) lying on the E side of Lough Fad which is decorated with four separate cup-marks. There is a large central cup-mark with two open circles surrounding it, a second smaller cup mark in the upper right hand corner, this is also encircled by two open circles. In the upper left hand corner is a small plain cup-mark and there is a second, slightly longer plain cup-mark in the area near the lower left hand corner (Nolan 1994, 138). Area marked on 6-inch map was visited but there was no visible sign of the square-shaoed rock with the panel of rock art described above. The National Grid Reference for this panel of rock art may be incorrect.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload / revsion : 18 January 2011
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.