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Rock art in Drumirril

Rock art

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Drumirril 26 is a rock art panel in County Monaghan, Ireland, listed in Blaze O' Connor's inventory of inscribed landscapes. The stones carry prehistoric marks, perhaps made by hands that knew the land before written records existed. They may have mapped water, marked territory, or recorded a story now lost. The panel still holds that ancient human presence, waiting to be seen.
'Drumirril 26' in Blaze O' Connor's 'Inventory of Rock Art panels' - see O' Connor B. 2006, 270, 'Inscribed Landscapes contextualising prehistoric rock art in Ireland'. Unpublished PHD thesis, University College Dublin. Date of upload: 23 August 2010
Prehistoric rock art at Drumirril, County unknown, likely dates to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, based on stylistic parallels with other Irish rock art. The meaning of the carvings remains unclear, though they may have held ritual or symbolic significance within the landscape.

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