Rock Art, ROOSKY (Straid ED)

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

Only a short section of earthen bank and stones, largely reconstructed as a field boundary, survives from this probable cashel (DG010-026001-). An earlier description (M. R. Colhoun) indicates that the site consisted of a circular level space enclosed by a collapsed earth-covered stone wall, with an opening in the SW. A few metres outside to the S was a 4ft sq. recumbent stone with cupmarks. It was then believed (1946) that a 'Dane' was buried in the enclosure and that the site was connected to a souterrain (1500) to the SW. Swan (1949, 18) states that a large slab discovered at the centre of the cashel was part of a souterrain (DG010-026003-). In 1966 during the destruction of the site 4 silver 'Viking' bracelets were found hidden in the wall of the cashel. (Raftery 1969, 133-6). The above description was derived from the 'Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century.' Compiled by: Brian Lacey with Eamon Cody, Claire Cotter, Judy Cuppage, Noel Dunne, Vincent Hurley, Celie O'Rahilly, Paul Walsh and Seán Ó Nualláin (Lifford: Donegal County Council, 1983). In certain instances the entries have been revised and updated. Date of upload: 22 September 2008

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
55.26°N, 7.41°W

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