What is recorded here

Five cups cut into a low granite crescent at Ballynasilloge, facing west beneath Brandon Hill and the Coppanagh Hills. The largest reach nine centimetres across and two centimetres deep, while three smaller cups cluster beside them. Whoever struck those marks did it deliberately, perhaps sitting on the cool stone at dusk, pointing the hollows toward the hills as if feeding them light. The boulder still holds that gesture, unchanged and unafraid of forgetting.

Situated on relatively low-lying ground, with a W facing aspect. Brandon Hill is visible to the SSW and to the WSW are the Coppanagh Hills. An earthfast granite boulder, slightly crescent-shaped (1.8m N-S; 0.7m E-W; H 0.15m) with 5 cup marks visible on the highest part. The two largest cups are 8cm and 9cm across and 2cm deep while the remainder range between 4.5cm and 6cm across. Compiled by: Claire Breen and Chris Corlett Date of upload: 5 October 2011

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the rock art may have had ritual or territorial significance, possibly aligned with landscape features such as Brandon Hill. No specific folklore is recorded for this site.

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