That alone would make it worth noting. What gives this particular stone an additional layer of strangeness is the presence of a dynamite hole alongside those ancient marks, a blunt reminder that at some point between prehistory and the present, someone arrived with entirely different intentions.

Cupmarks are among the most widespread and least understood forms of prehistoric rock art found in Ireland and across Atlantic Europe. They appear on boulders, outcrops, and standing stones, sometimes alone, sometimes in clusters or accompanied by rings and grooves, and their purpose remains genuinely unclear. Ritual use, boundary marking, and astronomical significance have all been proposed, but no single explanation has gained broad acceptance. The boulder at Doire Fhionáin Beag, an earthfast stone, meaning it is embedded in the ground rather than placed as a surface feature, carries at least six of these depressions on its top face. The dynamite hole is a more recent intrusion, likely from land clearance or quarrying activity, and its presence next to carvings that may be thousands of years old gives the stone an oddly layered biography. The site was identified and described by Aoibheann Lambe.