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Re: Fire reveals moor's stone legacy
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Don't expect to see it, now its been studied by the experts its been/to be reburied.

English Heritage archaeologists said the relic, which is unique in England and considered internationally significant, may show a map or landscape drawing – thought to be a first for rock art.

English Heritage took the decision to return the stone to the moor rather than put it in a museum.

"We could take that stone and put it in a glass case in a museum, but it would be just as far away from us there as it is in the ground. It's the image that's important and we've kept that."

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"It is the image we are interested in and this would be equally inaccessible to the public if it was in a museum somewhere. I am dreading coming back one day to find it has been dug up and put on eBay!".


Reply | with quote		Posted by smallblueplanet
21st December 2004ce
20:02

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Fire reveals moor's stone legacy (Pete G)

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They've done WHAT ???!! (nigelswift)
Re: Fire reveals moor's stone legacy (StoneLifter)

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