What is recorded here
Rock art in Magheranaul, County Donegal, Ireland, carries three conjoined cups and double rings on a south-facing bedrock slope. The marks sit beside a standing stone and another rock art site, suggesting a busy landscape where people returned often. They may have marked water, ritual, or memory, but the stones no longer explain themselves. What remains is a small cluster of shapes, waiting to be read without apology.
Situated on S facing slope of rising ground in area with high concentraion of rock art. Nearby standing stone (DG004-047) and rock art (DG004-064/002-) 200m to the NW. Sheet of bedrock which is partially turf covered concealing the well preserved remains of three conjoined cup (diam. 0.05m; 0.05m; 0.04m) and double ring (diam. 0.27m; 0.25m; 0.13m) motifs.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010
Likely dating to the Neolithic or Bronze Age, this rock art is part of a wider landscape of prehistoric monuments, possibly linked to ritual or territorial marking. The presence of nearby standing stones and rock art suggests a culturally significant area, though specific meaning or folklore remains unrecorded.
The monument record does not grant public access. Check the route and ask the landowner before entering private land.
- What survives
- Recorded monument
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