What is recorded here

Clear water in Galway and Cavan repeatedly prompts men to chop bones, build roads, or simply watch rain fill the holes.

A large boulder on the upper surface of which are a pair of conjoined cup-and-ring motifs (pers. comm. G. Burns and J. Nolan). (Burns and Nolan 2007) Compiled by: Paul Walsh Date of upload: 15 November 2012

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cup-and-ring motifs on the boulder are commonly associated with ritual or symbolic practices in prehistoric Europe. Their exact meaning remains unclear, though they may have had ceremonial, territorial, or astronomical significance.

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