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Rock art

Magheranaul, County Donegal, Ireland

Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915) covering the location of Rock art, Magheranaul, County Donegal, with a pin at the register's coordinates
Ordnance Survey six-inch map, 2nd edition (1888–1915), covering this location. Courtesy of the National Library of Scotland. The pin is ours, placed from the register's coordinates.

The record

Townland
Magheranaul
County
Donegal
Country
Ireland
First-edition OS map
NULL
Latest-edition OS map
Not indicated
Coordinates
55.29445, -7.32577
SMR number
DG004-040001-

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1841 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Historical maps covering this location

  • 1841 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1881 · Ireland to Illustrate the Military Condition of the Country. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1883 · Scotland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
  • 1900 · Ireland (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

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The National Monuments Service's description

Described by Van Hoek as 'A few metres SW is another large and rough outcrop surface sloping some 10 degrees to the S. The W part, which is usually covered, has 11 cupmarks. One has a curved tail and nearby is a cup with three rings. Its inner ring is not concentric and is gapped. The second ring is complete and the outer one is incomplete. From the central cup runs a straight tail to the S, and from the outer ring runs a groove to the W which curves sharply back again. The E part has 12 cups. One has a complete ring. South of this is a cup with an incomplete or gapped ring and traces of a second one. Another large cup has parts of three rings and three grooves. On a lower level is another large cupmark with one gapped ring and a short curved tail from the central cup' (Donegal Archaeolgical Survey No. 657;59) (Fig. 11C)' (Van Hoek 1987, 39)

Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of upload/revision: : 30 May 2010

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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