Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
Rock art
Carndonagh, County Donegal, Ireland
The record
- Townland
- Carndonagh
- County
- Donegal
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 55.27687, -7.31941
- SMR number
- DG011-065----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 4 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1841 "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
This record in the National Monuments Service's Historic Environment Viewer ↗
The National Monuments Service's description
Three earth-fast boulders contain various motifs. The largest is at the SE and measures 2.6m NNW – SSE by 1.5m wide. It is carved with four cup-marks and five cup-and-ring motifs. Two of the cup-and-ring motifs have external circles and four of the five are connected. The cup-marks measure 0.05m in diameter and the largest cup-and-ring motif measures 0.25m in diameter. The boulder to the WNW of this measures 1.6m N-S by 1.1m in maximum width. It is carved with three cup-marks and three cup-and-ring motifs, two of which are connected. The cup-marks are between 0.05mm and 0.06m in diameter and the largest cup-and-ring motif is 0.18m in diameter. The third boulder is 18m N of the second and measures 2.4m E-W by 0.9m wide. This boulder protrudes from the top of a cliff face. It is carved with two cup-marks which measure 0.06m and 0.08m in diameter respectively.
Compiled by: Richard Crumlish
Date of upload: 22 April 2013
See linked document with copies of photographs of the rock art. These are copyright and uploaded courtesy of Richard Crumlish.
Nearby in the register
- Rock scribingunder 1 mi
- Cupmarked stoneunder 1 mi
- Standing stoneunder 1 mi
- Children's burial groundunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.