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moss wrote: tiompan wrote: moss wrote: Well just to add to this, there is a fascinating article in Britarch this month, 'Animating Kilmartin', some dating as well would you believe it. Firstly, Torbhlaren, named as 'Tiger Rock' and secondly the rock panel at Ormaig which is given the name 'Lion Rock' (a good looking rocky outcrop). It is a long article but the mention of using quartz to incise the rock art is worthy of a mention, shattered and unshattered quartz surrounded the panels, the shattered is thought to be that which broke when used, (according to experimentation by one of the archaeologists). Sals photo on this page shows a standing stone by the rock art stone - Tiger Rock. Aaron Watson is an artist and archaeologist, one of the three writing the article... http://www.monumental.uk.com/ Moss ,Lion rock is close to Tiger rock at Torbhlaren , Ormaig is a few miles away ,they were named by Andy Jones' son Josh . Yes just looked, and it does indeed say, (got mixed up there) at Torbhlaren there are two panels named Tiger and Lion stone respectively. The mention of Ormaig, is that archaeologists also excavated at this striking site as well, uncovering the same sort of lithic artefacts. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2505/ormaig.html There were three archaeologists, Andrew Jones, Hugo Anderson and Aaron Watson who I mentioned only because of his artistic painting of the cultivated land and settlements at the time of the making of the rock art and I do like a reconstruction drawing ;) it makes things so much clearer! Actually ,Ormaig differed considerably from Torbhlaren in relation to lithics , only small quantities of quartz and possible hamerstones were recovered and these were in the main fissure ,there was also an absence of shattered quartz which dominatd the Torbhlaren assemblage .There was also a difference in signs of non rock art production activity ,only one small flint flake from Ormaig compared with the flints ,pitchstone compared with Torbhlaren which had evidence of activity dating from the Mesolithic , a scorched surface and a small post built structure etc . Yes drawings make all the difference . Reply | with quote |  25th August 2012ce 13:15 In reply to: Re: Torbhlaren (moss) |
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