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Hob H
Hob Mar 4, 2006 01:33:14
Replying to TMA Ed

>The clearer things are, the better for everyone.

In defence of Stonelifter's assertions that there are prehistoric remains on the moors west of the South Tyne Valley, the Beckensall archive has an example of a pretty convincing marked stone. Iv'e posted the link to tma for the sake of context. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/8094

It's worth pointing out that it where such motifs are found, there are usually burial monuments nearby. Not a vast amount of help, as some of the features have described as possibly medieval, and hence this stone may have shifted a way since it was carved, but it still indicates there is a decent likelihood of there being prehistoric stuff around there at some point.

I think the main difficulty you're going to have SL, is that all that mining will have obliterated much of what was there. Still, there might be another nice prehistoric gold basket earring that some riever dropped hundreds of years ago after ripping into a cairn on his way to trash one of those medieval mining sites.

S StoneLifter
StoneLifter Mar 4, 2006 08:45:42
Replying to Hob

Yes, I was there with them when that picture was taken. I recall Chris Burgess saying something like 'is that cup-and-ring?' and me looking at the stone and saying it's just erosion. Typically the stone is recorded incorrectly and the placename is Thornhope, rather than Low Thornhope.

There's still a lot to see at Thornhope - a huge amount of large stones but, sadly, they are lost in tall rushes and difficult to assemble conceptually. There are four or five stone rows recorded on the S.M.R. here and more visits, more images, would be welcome. Clearly there is more Rock Art to be found here.

I've dileted all the sites on here that are close to my basecamp - just for peace and quiet's sake.