These are created with multi-coloured limpet shells, plus various other stones and shells, arranged into different patterns.
Shell design in Omagh, Co.Tyrone

This example (DerrySpiral) was made in the middle of Derry City in October '97, is 5m in diam. and took 8 hours to lay.

Shell design in Enniskillen, Co.Fermanagh    
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