What is recorded here

Twenty-eight shallow cups dot the eastern ridge at Magheranaul, with six aligned like a forgotten game. The western edge holds four fainter marks, perhaps abandoned before completion. The rock tilts barely three degrees, enough to suggest intent rather than accident. Whoever cut them worked horizontally, patiently, leaving behind a pattern that still resists explanation.

Identified by M. A. M. Van Hoek in 1987 and described by him as 'This rock outcrop forms the E part of the main ridge in this field. It has been previously described by the author and on this occasion two more single cups were noted bringing the total of single cups to 28. The four cups to the W are only faintly pocked and may not have been completed. The rock is horizontal but its W end slopes 3 degrees ESE. Six small cups appear to form a domino pattern (Fig. 5B) (Van Hoek and Van Hoek 1985, fig. 4)' (Van Hoek 1987, 28). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

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