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Rock art in Drumirril

Rock art

What is recorded here

Drumirril 33 remains a documented rock art panel in County Monaghan, Ireland, preserved within Blaze O' Connor's inventory of inscribed landscapes. The stones may have marked a boundary, recorded a event or simply welcomed people into the rhythm of the land. Whatever they recorded, the chisel work still invites curiosity and belongs to everyone who walks past it.
'Drumirril 33' in Blaze O' Connor's 'Inventory of Rock Art panels' - see O' Connor B. 2006, 272, 'Inscribed Landscapes contextualising prehistoric rock art in Ireland'. Unpublished PHD thesis, University College Dublin. Date of upload: 24 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 has not been recorded.

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

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