What is recorded here

Carrowreagh holds a loose slab tilted eighteen degrees toward the south-southwest, likely broken free from the main outcrop. Its surface carries a faint cup and one complete ring, marking a place where human hands shaped stone before memory faded. The tilt suggests movement, as if the rock slid away rather than waiting to be discovered.

Described by Van Hoek as 'Some 5m E of DON 3 (DG003-012----) is a loose slab, sloping 18 degrees SSW, probably detached from the outcrop of rock art at this point. It bears a faint cup and one complete ring on its surface' (Van Hoek 1988, 45). Van Hoek, M.A.M. (1988) The Prehistoric Rock Art of Co. Donegal (Part II), UJA Vol. 51, pp. 21-48. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water sources or territorial markers. Cup-and-ring art is commonly associated with prehistoric ceremonial landscapes in Ireland.

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