Anyone seen anything like this before?

FourWinds Apr 17, 2007 06:13:11

http://www.megalithomania.com/show/image/6965

The raised area has definitely been left there for some reason. The flat surface has definitely been worked and you can see the tool marks.

wysefool Apr 17, 2007 09:49:13

Replying to FourWinds

That is odd. Could it be a tenon?

StoneLifter Apr 17, 2007 21:02:25

Replying to FourWinds

That's called Bas Relief. It's a well-known stone carving technique, but nobody's seen anything like that before. It's new to rock art and, perhaps, is only half made.

fitzcoraldo Apr 17, 2007 22:24:53

Replying to FourWinds

It could it be geological, a lense of harder material within the block that has stood proud when the stone has been dressed. These things are not particularly rare in sedimentary rocks, calcareous/ferruginous nodules and such like. In the drilling game we simply call them stringers.