What is recorded here

In a Donegal field, a faint ridge carries at least eight cupmarks, some ringed and grooved, cut into a smooth rock sheet sloping gently south-west. The marks are old enough to be worn, yet clear enough to count, suggesting a person sat with a hard tool and gave the stone patience. They may have mapped water, marked territory or simply played with pressure and shape. The ridge still holds that human intention beneath grass and rain.

Described by Van Hoek as 'In the same field as DON 35 (DG004-071003-) but much lower down the hill-slope runs a faint ridge, roughly stretching from ESE to WNW across the field. It has a number of outcrops and this smooth sheet near its E end has at least eight cupmarks. Three show traces of parts of one ring, some faintly associated with grooves. Near the N end is a cup with two complete but rather weathered rings. The rock slopes from 9 degrees to 11 degrees to the SW' (fig. 12C) (Van Hoek 1987, 41). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

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