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Rock art in Magheranaul

Rock art

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One hundred metres north-northwest of Don 26, a grass field holds a considerable rock outcrop where a fifteen-centimetre cupmark wears a faint, gapped ring. Two smaller cups join the assembly, accompanied by oval marks and doubtful midget cups scattered across the rough surface. The stone slopes gently south-south-east, obscuring the exact pattern beneath its texture. Someone sat with this ridge long ago, shaping memory into rock while the land waited patiently for eyes return.
Described by Van Hoek as 'About 100m NNW of DON 26 (DG004-069----) and just W of a the track leading to DON 28 is a grass field with a considerable rock outcrop. On a faint ridge, somewhere near the middle and near its W edge, is a large cupmark (15cm) surrounded by a faint single ring which is probably gapped to the SE. Two other smaller cups have traces of one single ring each. There are two oval cups, six doubtful midget cups and some indistinct grooves. The surface of the rock slopes down some 10 degrees to the SSE where carved. The rock is also quite rough, thus obscuring the exact pattern of the inscriptions (fig. 9A)' (Van Hoek 1987, 39). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

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