What is recorded here

Drumirril 17 marks a Rock art panel in County Monaghan, Ireland. Blaze O' Connor listed it in an inventory of Rock art panels, giving the place a name and a reason to be remembered. The stones may have watched people move through the landscape long before writing existed. They still hold that old attention, waiting for someone to look closely enough to answer it.

'Drumirril 17' in Blaze O' Connor's 'Inventory of Rock Art panels' - see O' Connor B. 2006, 269, '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 Unpublished PHD thesis, University College Dublin.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 territorial markers, celestial observations, or ancestral beliefs common in prehistoric Ireland. Specific meaning or folklore associated with the site remains undocumented.

The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.