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Evergreen Dazed Dec 19, 2012 12:12:23
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Evergreen Dazed wrote:
tiompan wrote:
Evergreen Dazed wrote:
tiompan wrote:
Evergreen Dazed wrote:
Tiompan, do you know if the 'hoof marks' at Cothiemuir are bona fide? They seem odd, being on the outer face of the recumbent.
I'm confident they are natural .
So the stone was perhaps selected, do you think? Its some coincidence that they are located where the moonset can be viewed. (But then again, obviously not visible if observing from the centre of the circle)
Possibly the reason it was chosen . The main thing about Cothiemuir and most other recumbents is that the low summer moon can be seen to move between the flankers as seen from (roughly ) the centre of the circle .
If you move a bit from the centre in any direction the phenomenon will still be much the same . It's the recumbent as a whole that is the "screen" and a small unseen spot on the outside of the recumbent has no impact orientationwise .
And yet.. if there was no importance orientation wise, and if the stone was selected, as suggested, because of the natural marks, why not turn the recumbent round and have them facing inwards and visible to the observer?

Even though the marks are not visible to the observer as they are, it seems they chose to put them in a certain place, that being the area of the moonset?

Just found this :

Its summit [the recumbent] is relatively even, rising gently towards the E, and on the outer face there are at least two possible cupmarks, situated to the W of the natural indentations known as The Devil’s Hoofmarks
(Canmore)

So genuine(?) cupmarks on the outer face, as well as the natural marks?