What is recorded here

Rock art in Meendoran stands a few metres north of the north shoreline of Lough Fad, a large rectangular boulder marked with a central cup and partial rings. The stones sit beside open water, exposing ancient human presence in a remote Donegal landscape.

Located a few metres N of the N shoreline of Lough Fad. Large earthfast rectangular shaped boulder (dims. 1.55m x 1.05m x H 0.55m) decorated with a large central cup-mark (diam. 0.07m; D 0.02m) defined by a double line incised C-shaped ring (diam. 0.26m) with three other smaller cup marks with partial rings also visible. There are at least two other possible cup marks without enclosing rings visible on the surface of the rock. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of uload / revision : 18 January 2011

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art at Meendoran may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water or territorial markers. Cup-marks with surrounding double lines are commonly interpreted as representations of natural features or celestial bodies in prehistoric art.

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