What is recorded here
Drumirril 7 is a rock art panel in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is listed in Blaze O' Connor's inventory of Irish rock art, meaning the stones themselves still display the oldest visible marks in that landscape. People may have chipped, scratched or drawn there before writing existed, turning ordinary rock into a shared record. The panel remains because stone outlives memory, and the marks still invite others to wonder what they recorded.
'Drumirril 7' in Blaze O' Connor's 'Inventory of Rock Art panels' - see O' Connor B. 2006, 268, 'Inscribed Landscapes contextualising prehistoric rock art in Ireland'. Unpublished PHD thesis, University College Dublin.
Date of upload: 23 August 2010
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art at Drumirril may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to landscape features or territorial markers. Interpretations remain speculative due to limited contextual information.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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