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Rock art

Clogher,Monasterredan, County Sligo, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Clogher, Monasterredan, County Sligo, 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
Clogher,Monasterredan
County
Sligo
Country
Ireland
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
53.95279, -8.50922
SMR number
SL046-001----

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1790 map "Composite: Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1790 · Composite: Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1811 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1869 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

On the top of a hill. Listed in the SMR (1989) and RMP (1995) and as 'Rock scribing\art possible'. The rock is known locally as the 'Danes Rock' and marks on it are thought to have been made by the Danes while sharpening their swords (pers. comm. M. A. Timoney). A large rock outcrop, partly covered in moss and heather, was identified here. However, no rock art is visible on the exposed surfaces of the rock; striations, aligned NE-SW, are likely to be of glacial origin.

Compiled by: Archaeological Survey Unit, UCC with revisions by Patrick F. O'Donovan and Paul Walsh

Date of upload: 20 June 2011

Nearby in the register

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

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