What is recorded here
No visible fact exists to answer the request.
Large flat topped boulder, adjacent to Loughadoon path. bearing at least one small cup mark. Identified as rock art by George Currie (2018).
Compiled by Matt Kelleher
Date of upload: 29 May 2018
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cup mark on the boulder may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water or fertility given its location near a watercourse. Such features are often associated with wider ceremonial landscapes in western Ireland.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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