Family walk reveals ancient rock art

A weekend stroll in the Donegal countryside has unearthed 5,000-year-old rock art.

Adam Rory Porter, his wife Angela and their children, along with father-in-law Liam MacLochlainn, were out walking last weekend . They had heard about the location of large stones containing rock art but most had been heavily overgrown by gorse and were completely inaccessible.

However, to their delight the gorse had been cleared by a local farmer leaving the stones exposed.

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