[Salamander]

Those carvings are variations on a dominant theme:

http://www.knowth.com/newgrange-chamber.htm

The ancient Irish believed that the Sidhe aka the fairies [oops...The Good Folk...Salamander crosses herself and hopes they weren't offended] made them.

Whomever made them got sure around.

The spiral "maze" and variations of it are found everywhere on the planet.

Could have been a universal/archetypal symbol.


Google "The Five Invasions of Ireland" for a wild mythopaeic ride.

[blam]

"The spiral "maze" and variations of it are found everywhere on the planet."

Yup. Cherchen Man had them painted on the side of his face after he died.