What is recorded here

Rock art in Magheranaul holds weathered cups and broken rings on a smooth, east-sloping outcrop beside a standing stone in County Donegal. The marks are old enough to lose edges, yet deep enough to suggest deliberate making. A person may have knelt there, cutting shapes that mapped memory, ownership or prayer before language could be forgotten.

Described by Van Hoek as 'A few metres E of the western wall of the field in which is situated DON 21 (DG004-064) (and to the SW of the standing stone (DG004-047) is a large, isolated outcrop. On its fractured, smooth surface (which slopes at aoround 13 degrees E) are the much weathered remains of a large cup and five rings, the outer ones broken off at a crack. There are also one rather large, deep cut with one ring, and at least ten other single cups (one cup not shown on plan)' (Van Hoek 1988, 46). Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

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