Theories on 'cup and ring marks'

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Intuit147 Aug 19, 2021 11:34:59
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Further: if the rocks were used by shamans and not by other members of the community, I wonder whether they were in designated areas, e.g. marked as sacred, entry restricted to spiritual arbiters and their clients. It would be interesting to know if any cup and ring marked stones are within a ring of post holes or even a ring of stones marking the special area. Does anyone know of evidence of this, I.e. archaeological investigations around cup and ring stones that have identified evidence for buried post holes or similar?

G GLADMAN
GLADMAN Aug 21, 2021 12:10:25
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Not sure if you've had a look at this BRAC link... but if not?

http://ukra.jalbum.net/brac/About%20BRAC/index.html

Tiompan no longer contributes here; however, if you can manage to correspond through other channels.....

For what it's worth, my experience with the placement of upland cairns strongly suggests (to me) an element of exclusivity - having to be 'in the know' to appreciate what's going on.. i.e monuments apparently placed specifically to overlook a certain sector, not able to be seen from some directions when it would've been a simple matter to achieve complete visibility.

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