What is recorded here

Rock art in Fegart sits on Doagh Island, County Donegal, where a smooth boulder protrudes from a grassy rise beside a pasture field. One possible cupmark gleams beneath a thin film of lichen, while shallow dimples elsewhere may be natural rather than made by hands. The view stretches north and east over Trawbreaga Bay toward the Malin peninsula, making the small mark feel like a coordinate set in stone for someone watching the sea.

In the NW corner of a pasture field, on elevated ground at 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. This boulder is one of a cluster of bedrock boulders protrude from a low grassy rise, now partly obscured by piles of loose field clearance stones. It rises to a height of c. 0.65m above ground level on its NW edge and slopes down into the ground at SE. The sloping SE-facing aspect (c. 1.4m NW-SE; c. 2m NE-SW) has a smooth fine-textured surface and bears a single possible cupmark -a circular smooth surfaced hollow (diam. c. 5cm) with a thin film of lichen- located roughly in the centre of its higher NW end. A few shallow subcircular dimples are evident elsewhere across the surface but these appear to be natural features. Another panel of rock art (MA004-089001-) is located 2.8m to NW. Attached images: DG004-089002-_01 DG004-089002-_02 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 coastal position. No specific folklore is recorded for the site.

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