Bonjoy wrote:
Hello,
I’m new to this site. I’m a Sheffield based rock climber and have been climbing in the Peak district for many years. Some of the crags have old carvings (e.g. Rowtor Rocks) so I am a little familiar with the local rock art. Just thought I’d show you carving I came across a few years ago as it bears some similarity to old carvings elsewhere in the area and may be a new to you. I can’t find any reference to it on the internet.
Here is a picture from a climbing guidebook which incidentally shows the carving http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/6845518249_05befa32d8_b.jpg , a crossed circle with dots in each quarter. The marks look old (to my untutored eye) being well weathered and without tool marks. It is on a broken block on the ground below a subsidiary buttress south of the main part of Cocking Tor, west of Ashover ( Latitude, Longitude: 53.15120207373375, -1.488073468208313 ) . The block looks to have been broken/split from another piece more recently than the carving judging by the weathering of the new faces, but there is no obvious matching scar on the crag or boulders nearby. There is a quarry behind the natural edge. Maybe it was originally on a cragtop block altered/destroyed by the quarry activity.
Cheers
Jon
Thanks Bonjoy ,imo it doesn't look that old and is not in the tradition of cup and ring marks . I’m new to this site. I’m a Sheffield based rock climber and have been climbing in the Peak district for many years. Some of the crags have old carvings (e.g. Rowtor Rocks) so I am a little familiar with the local rock art. Just thought I’d show you carving I came across a few years ago as it bears some similarity to old carvings elsewhere in the area and may be a new to you. I can’t find any reference to it on the internet.
Here is a picture from a climbing guidebook which incidentally shows the carving http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7036/6845518249_05befa32d8_b.jpg , a crossed circle with dots in each quarter. The marks look old (to my untutored eye) being well weathered and without tool marks. It is on a broken block on the ground below a subsidiary buttress south of the main part of Cocking Tor, west of Ashover ( Latitude, Longitude: 53.15120207373375, -1.488073468208313 ) . The block looks to have been broken/split from another piece more recently than the carving judging by the weathering of the new faces, but there is no obvious matching scar on the crag or boulders nearby. There is a quarry behind the natural edge. Maybe it was originally on a cragtop block altered/destroyed by the quarry activity.
Cheers
Jon