Going Round in Circles? (Or Revisiting the Relationship between Megalithic Art and Landscape Art in Ireland)

Abstract

This paper seeks to revisit the relationship between Irish megalithic art at sites including Newgrange and Loughcrew, County Meath, and rock art found in the landscape on natural open-air outcrops and erratic surfaces in Ireland. Traditional approaches have had a tendency to treat the traditions in isolation; however, the two traditions arguably share similar timeframes and draw upon related motifs. In reference to the demonstrable importance of certain geological trends in the distribution and form of rock art in the landscape, this paper shifts the focus of research to variability in stylistic expression and the treatment of the stone surface, and offers some alternative insights.

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