What is recorded here

Doagh Island has two rock art panels separated by a swathe of grass, yet both may belong to one continuous seam of bedrock. The smaller panel holds a single cupmark inside a crude ring at the NE edge of the island, facing Trawbreaga Bay and the long stretch of Malin peninsula beyond. Whoever marked that stone did not hide the work; they set it where the sea, sky and distant land could be seen at once.

In the N half of a pasture field, on elevated ground on the NE edge of Doagh Island. The location has excellent views N and E over Trawbreaga Bay, with the long stretch of Malin peninsula beyond; to W ground rises gradually in a series of small hills and rocky peaks; higher hills and mountainous peaks form a dramatic distant backdrop at SW. A cupmark (4cm) enclosed by a single ring (diam. 10-11cm) is visible at the NW edge of a flat rock surface (0.4-1m N-S; 1.9m E-W) which is flush with ground level. The ring seems rather crudely defined, and is indistinct on the N arc. The full extent of the rock panel is unknown as grass encroaches on all sides. A swathe of grass (Wth 0.8-1m) separates it from a larger panel of rock art (DG004-088001-) to S, and it is possible that the two decorated rock surfaces are in fact part of the same seam of bedrock. Attached images: DG004-088002-_01 viewed from E, with larger rock art panel (DG004-088001-) in background DG004-088002-_02 viewed from N Compiled by: Jane O'Shaughnessy Date of upload: 20 January 2023

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art at Fegart may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to landscape orientation or seafaring activities given its strategic coastal position. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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