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Hob H
Hob Aug 7, 2005 01:17:35
Replying to Paulus

>It's a 'carved stone' not a panel!

Aha! But they ain't usually carved are they? And 'pecked stone' just sounds daft ;)

Mind you, I'm fond of 'Inscribed stone' and they aren't inscribed either. Maybe 'decorated stone' woud be better, seeing that there are still those who dispute the 'art' in 'rock art'. But 'decorated' that just makes me think of wallpaper paste. I've noticed the term 'marked stone' also that makes me think of stones with a price on their heads. "Wanted. Lewisean Gneiss. Dead or Alive."

(I'm ffaaaaar to addled right now to be posting things on the internet I am)

F FourWinds
FourWinds Aug 7, 2005 08:58:46
Replying to Hob

I think it is a database thing. Saying that, there is the dreaded term <i>High Cross</i>, which would be better as Sculpted Crosses as many of them ain't all that high. I think the term 'high' used is the same as that in <i>High Church</i> and was coined by the protestant Englishified antiquarians in Dublin.

You get similar naming problems with pottery styles, which are often named after the first place they were found in. This can be a problem when the first place they were found in was a remote outlying location from the main concentration.