What is recorded here

Rathmichael church ruins stands on the E slopes of Carrickgollogan. A very worn slab (L 1.5m x Wth 0.57m) bearing two sets of three concentric circles, with a cup-mark in the centre of each. Half of one of the outside circles is completely worn away. At one end are five lines, three sloping towards one corner and two towards the other. The stone is secured to the external face of the S wall of the church (DU026-050001-) located off centre to E (Ó hÉailidhe 1957, 77, 79). See attached drawing of graveslab taken from Healy 2009, 83. To see a 3D model of this stone visit https://skfb.ly/oHrtu Compiled by: Geraldine Stout and Padraig Clancy Revised by: Caimin O'Brien Date of revised upload: 17 May 2023

Neolithic gravemarker slab, c. 2500–2000 BCE, featuring cup-marks and concentric circles, indicating ritual or symbolic significance associated with burial practices of the period.

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