What is recorded here

Magera is a place where the land itself is marked. Cup and ring art is scattered across its hills, valleys and riverbanks. The marks are old. They belong to people who lived here before written history. Some are easy to see. Others hide under moss, soil or forgetfulness. To walk Magera is to meet a region that has been watching, measured and remembered for a very long time.

Situated on S facing slope of rising ground in area with high concentration of rock art. Nearby standing stone (DG004-047) and rock art (DG004-064/002-) 180m to the NW and panel of rock art (DG004-078) 38m to N. Sheet of exposed bedrock with a large weathered cupmark (diam. 0.05m) with 3 rings (overall diam. 0.24m) visible on the surface of rock. There are a further 6 cupmarks visible on the same sheet of bedrock and a second well preserved cup (diam. 0.09m) and ring (diam. 0.17m) motif located 0.7m away from the cup mark with multiple rings. The rest of this rock outcrop is covered with turf which may conceal further cup and ring motifs. Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: 30 May 2010

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art in Magheranaul may have held ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to territorial markers, celestial observations, or storytelling traditions. Its location within a dense cluster of prehistoric sites suggests it was part of a wider ceremonial or social landscape.

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