What is recorded here

Ten concentric circles surround a single cup on a quartzite boulder near Drumcarbit, with two grooves cutting outward like a broken compass. The stone sits on rough grazing beside a disused quarry, facing the Knockbrack Hills and Trawbreaga Bay. Whoever struck those marks may have watched the sea, measured the sky, or simply wanted the rock to remember what hands could do.

Situated on rough grazing near a disused quarry with views of the Knockbrack Hills to the N and NE and Trawbreaga Bay to the W. A quartzite boulder (1.7m x 1.2m x 0.27m) which has a cup mark enclosed by ten concentric circles, through which two grooves radiate out from the cup-mark at an angle of approximately 160 degrees. The outer circle measures 0.83m in diameter (Crumlish 1991, 171). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 31 May 2010

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cup mark and concentric circles may have held ritual or astronomical significance, possibly linked to water or fertility symbolism common in prehistoric rock art.

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