Rock Art, FEGART

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

In the N half of a pasture field, on elevated ground at the NE edge of Doagh Island. The location has excellent views N and E over Trawbreaga Bay, with the long stretch of Malin peninsula beyond; to W ground rises gradually in a series of small hills and rocky peaks; higher hills and mountainous peaks form a dramatic distant backdrop at SW. Abundant cupmarks and cup-in-ring motifs are dispersed on a relatively flat, smooth fine-grain bedrock surface which is flush with ground level. The exposed surface (c. 8m ENE-WSW; c. 2.6m N-S at W end, c. 1m at E end) is roughly triangular in plan, broadest at W and narrowing at E, but the full extent of the stone is unknown as the margins are concealed by encroaching sod/grass. It is located on the E edge of a low, natural grass-covered rise, with a gently fall of ground to NE-SE. The rock surface mirrors the slope, tilting down slight to E and SE. A grid of natural linear fissures on N-S and E-W axes subdivides the stone surface into rectilinear compartments or panels, with minor undulations or slight changes in level in parts. Faint natural striations on an E-W axis also cross the stone. Over 50 motifs are visible on the exposed surface, with a high density on the W and middle portions of the stone, petering out towards the E-SE sector. Cupmarks predominate on the N half where the fissures define narrow elongated spaces (c. 0.15-0.2m N-S

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
55.30°N, 7.32°W

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