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Re: West Kennett cup-markings...?
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A northern thing? Not entirely.

Pete, you're the exception to prove the rule :)

When it comes to hardness of stones, owt would seem soft if you're used to sarsen. I think the texture is key to definite evidence of humans faffing about making cupmarks. Those Fyfield cups do look more ground than pecked. I reckon if the folk back then knew that the local stone could be worn smooth (e.g. the polishers), they might have modified pre-existing natural cups at Fyfield by smoothing them. Other than the pollishing stones, I can't think of anything at WKLB that's as smooth as the cups on Fyfield.


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Hob
Posted by Hob
26th October 2004ce
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