Reyfad

Also known as:
Boho
Nearest town:
Swanlinbar (21km SE)
OS reference:
H112462
OS sheet:
17
Latitude:
54° 21' 51.26 N
Longitude:
7° 49' 39.65 W
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Images

Image of Reyfad (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by CianMcLiam

This is the partial panel which seems to have been broken

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Sep 29, 2007
Image of Reyfad (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by CianMcLiam

Simple yet strikingly beautiful; large cup and rings on main panel.

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com 2007
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Sep 24, 2007
Image of Reyfad (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by CianMcLiam

You may be able to make out a cup mark or two

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Sep 24, 2007
Image of Reyfad (Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art) by CianMcLiam

Detail of section on the main (large) panel using ye olde water tricke

Image credit: Ken Williams/ShadowsandStone.com 2007
CianMcLiam
CianMcLiam Sep 24, 2007

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Folklore

Reyfad
Cup and Ring Marks / Rock Art
Rhiannon
Rhiannon Oct 23, 2010

This page in ‘Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland’ by W G Wood-Martin (1902) seems to show the same cross and base as Tiompan’s picture from Boho churchyard (about 500yds from the rock carvings). The book says: Men are reported to resort to this stone in cases where they have no children after marriage.

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