What is recorded here
An Gabhlán Thoir holds a large boulder marked with numerous cupmarks and about ten cup-and-ring marks, visible now because a gorse fire burned away peat in 2021. Cattle still graze the pasture, unaware that they walk beside old human making. The marks may have guided herds, marked a boundary, or recorded a story no longer spoken. What is certain is that the rock kept its shape while the land around it forgot, then revealed itself again through flame.
Panel of rock art identified by Aoibheann Lambe. In pasture for cattle grazing, covering of peat was burnt in a gorse fire in 2021. Described by Aoibheann Lambe as a; 'Large boulder inscribed with numerous cupmarks and c. 10 cup-and-ring marks'.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien based on details provided by Aoibheann Lambe.
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- What survives
- Recorded monument
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