What is recorded here

Carnbane East carries a northern chamber where three sandstone slabs tilt beneath an open sky. The largest measures nearly two metres across, and its upper surface holds cups inside circles, double rings, and small marks near a broken edge. Those shapes may have marked water, breath, or the path of stars, but they still invite a hand to trace their depth.

This sandstone erratic (max. dims 1.9m x 1.2m) is on the NW-facing slope of Carnbane East and has is the most northerly of three surfaces exposed here. There is art on its upper surface, which slopes up to the S. The art has been fully recorded by Shee Twohig (et al. 2010, 14-15, fig. 5) and consists of a cup and circle conjoined with a cup and double circle at one edge, two cupmarks and shallow cup and circle close to a cup and double circle at a broken edge of the stone. Compiled by: Michael Moore Date of upload: 6 March, 2017

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly linked to early farming communities in the area. Its orientation and location suggest it could have been used in seasonal or ceremonial practices.

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