Rock Art, MAGHERANAUL

Rock Art in Ireland, dating from the Bronze Age

Described by Van Hoek as 'In the large field where once the sites DON 23 and 24 (DG004-065----; DG004-066001/002-/003-/004-) (now destroyed), and just W of the eastern wall of the field, is a flat sheet of outcrop rock, sloping 10 degrees S. It has been quarried away at its eastern edge to form a ditch, and at its W side by the construction works which presumably also destroyed DON 23 and 24 (DG004-065/066). On this outcrop are at least 9 single cupmarks, some rather small, plus a number of possibly natural pittings. There is also a cup and one complete ring with a faint groove leading from the ring; and five cups each with two rings. Four of the designe merit separate description. I shall describe them in order from S to N. (1) The most southerly design consists of a central cup plus two concentric rings; each ring has a gap on the SE; on each side of the gap a short line (or 'tail') joins the inner to the outer ring, forming a sort of keyhole pattern; there may also be a short 'tail' extending SE-wards from the central cup. (2) To the N of this design again with central cup lust two concentric rings; the inner ring is complete, but there is a gap in the outer ring at the SE; on each side of the gap, a short line (or 'tail') extends from the inner ring and out beyond the outer ring, again forming a sort of keyhole pattern; the more northerly of the 'tails' was perhaps extended

Period:
Bronze Age

Coordinates:
55.29°N, 7.32°W

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