What is recorded here

One cup-and-ring is carved on the upper surface of a boulder in Burren, County Cavan. The mark is small, but it is still visible on the stone. Someone may have sat beside that boulder, cut through the surface and left a shape that has survived centuries of weather. The burren has kept that human act intact.

A single cup-and-ring is carved on the upper surface of a boulder (pers. comm. G. Burns and J. Nolan). (Burns and Nolan 2007) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 16 November 2012

A single cup-and-ring mark on a boulder in the Burren is likely from the Neolithic or Bronze Age, common periods for such rock art in Ireland. Cup-and-ring motifs are often associated with ritual or symbolic meaning, possibly linked to water, fertility, or territorial markers.

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