What is recorded here

Flattened stone along a Donegal roadside carries twenty-five to thirty cupmarks, the largest ten centimetres wide and three centimetres deep. Local tradition calls them St. Columcille's knee-prints, giving the ancient marks a familiar religious shape. Whether that is literal or merely the way memory dressed itself, the holes still suggest a body bent low against the rock.

A flattened stone surface visible along the roadside on which are carved 25-30 cupmarks. The largest of these is 10cms in diameter and 3cms deep. A second is 7cms in diameter and 2cms deep. The rest are much smaller. The local tradition is that these are St. Columcille's knee-prints. The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

This rock art, featuring multiple cupmarks, is likely from the Neolithic or Bronze Age period (c. 4000–500 BCE). Cupmarked stones are often associated with ritual or ceremonial use, possibly linked to water, fertility, or astronomical observations, though specific meanings remain uncertain.

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