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Rock art in Drumirril

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What is recorded here

Drumirril 13 is a rock art panel in County Monaghan, Ireland. It is listed in Blaze O' Connor's inventory of rock art panels. The stones sit in a living landscape where people may have marked time, territory or memory before written records existed.
'Drumirril 13' in Blaze O' Connor's 'Inventory of Rock Art panels' - see O' Connor B. 2006, 269, 'Inscribed Landscapes contextualising prehistoric rock art in Ireland'. Unpublished PHD thesis, University College Dublin. Date of upload: 23 August 2010
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art at Drumirril may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to territorial markers, celestial observation, or spiritual beliefs common in prehistoric Ireland. No specific folklore is recorded for this site.

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