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Re: What four years and a few sheep can do
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Seriously though, the sheep did a good job drawing attention to that stone on Wrynose Pass that Kammer posted. It looks a tad polished at sheep level.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/38450
The question is: Does the rubbing away of old lichen constitute serious damage (as at Avebury too), in an archaeological sense? I don't know enough about it myself, and just wondered what the reasons for concern along this line at various sites was. I do realise the lichen is extremely old, but why the fuss from the archaeologists?
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TE.


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The Eternal
Posted by The Eternal
11th February 2006ce
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