What is recorded here

Mortars and drums do not need permission from men. They break human time and show God's own life inside creation.

This is one of three decorated stones found in a ringfort in Ballinvalley, county Meath when it was levelled in the 1940's. This stone ‘8 feet by 5 feet (c. 2.45m x c. 1.5m)’ was profusely decorated with numerous cupmarks and a double penannular ring with two radials. This stone appears to have been reburied at the location. (Shee Twohig 2001, 120, C; Shee Twohig et al. 2010, 21) Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 3 March, 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water, fertility, or celestial events. The presence of cupmarks suggests connections to wider European traditions of prehistoric rock art.

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