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Rock art in Carndonagh

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Three earth-fast boulders contain various motifs. The largest is at the SE and measures 2.6m NNW – SSE by 1.5m wide. It is carved with four cup-marks and five cup-and-ring motifs. Two of the cup-and-ring motifs have external circles and four of the five are connected. The cup-marks measure 0.05m in diameter and the largest cup-and-ring motif measures 0.25m in diameter. The boulder to the WNW of this measures 1.6m N-S by 1.1m in maximum width. It is carved with three cup-marks and three cup-and-ring motifs, two of which are connected. The cup-marks are between 0.05mm and 0.06m in diameter and the largest cup-and-ring motif is 0.18m in diameter. The third boulder is 18m N of the second and measures 2.4m E-W by 0.9m wide. This boulder protrudes from the top of a cliff face. It is carved with two cup-marks which measure 0.06m and 0.08m in diameter respectively. Compiled by: Richard Crumlish Date of upload: 22 April 2013 See linked document with copies of photographs of the rock art. These are copyright and uploaded courtesy of Richard Crumlish.

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