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Re: Unidentified cup marks
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Emma A wrote:
Thank you tiompan.
The larger ones reminded me of the large dish-marking at Robin Hood's Stride but they were a bit scruffy. The genuine cup marks I've seen have all been quite neat and properly hollowed out. These had raised bottoms - almost like they hadn't been finished.




Emma , I wasn't sure from the pics but some did look like bosses , ,if that is the case , you do get what is in effect a ring (more rarely two rings )with a central boss but rarely in open air situations they are sometimes found in association with cists .e.g.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6525/lamancha.html


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Posted by tiompan
13th September 2012ce
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