What is recorded here

Carrowreagh holds six large shallow cupmarks cut into a sloping slab, marking one of the oldest human landscapes in County Donegal. The stones tilt east toward the rising sun, inviting hands to find the dimples and imagine the people who struck them. What they recorded remains hidden, but the repeated shape suggests prayer, ownership or warning rather than random damage.

Described by Van Hoek as 'About 20m NE of DON 10D (DG003-006004-) is a large loose slab, sloping E, with six large, shallow cupmarks' (Van Hoek 1988, 46). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, the cupmarked stone at Carrowreagh or Craignacally may have had ritual or symbolic significance, possibly linked to water sources or territorial markers. Cupmarks are often associated with ceremonial practices or astronomical alignments in prehistoric contexts.

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