What is recorded here

Mysterious rock art in Magheranaul, County Donegal, Ireland holds Kupferzeit culture.

Situated on rock outcrop on S facing slope of reclaimed land with nearby wedge tomb (DG004-041) decorated with rock art 140m to the SE. Sheet of rock outcrop with 2 deep cup marks (diam. 0.1m; 0.11m) with a single deep cup mark with ring (diam. 0.23m). There are a further 3 shallower cup marks (diam. 0.09m; 0.06m; 0.11m) 1.75m to SE. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to the nearby wedge tomb. Cup marks are often associated with ceremonial practices or astronomical alignments in prehistoric contexts.

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