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slumpystones Jul 3, 2007 21:52:10
Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:
slumpystones wrote:
PPS What's the closest recorded cup-and-ring/rockart to these?
There are cups at Fyfield , on sarsen ,but the rock found at Knowlton is probably the nearest with rings too . Came Down barrow has two rocks with rings ,still in situ .
In other words, a bloody long way then?

Better go look for these others a bit sharpish, though I believe they are claimed to be cups only, which means I won't be able to verify either way.

"Mum, have you got that camera...?"

H Hob
Hob Jul 3, 2007 21:56:57
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Mr Tiompan, am I right in thinking that Fyfield is the only one on sarsen though? It's a bugger to carve is sarsen, even with modern metal tools. I've tried, and have found it quickly blunts everything from carbonised steel to Pike'O'Stickle andesite.

The Fyfield stone is mostly cups, though there is a weird 'slug' shaped thing (blame Goffik, it was he who branded it a slug) which seemed artificial, so it would be a good thing to look at as comparison. The things on Stonehenge are metal-tool jobbies, so would be a bit misleading for comparison with your bog-standard rock art, which would of course, be pecked out with stone picks (allegedly). Mind you, Fyfield looks ground out rather than pecked, so maybe that line of thought is a red herring.

Most interesting stuff Slumpy :)

T tiompan
tiompan Jul 4, 2007 08:06:47
Replying to slumpystones

slumpystones wrote:
tiompan wrote:
slumpystones wrote:
PPS What's the closest recorded cup-and-ring/rockart to these?
There are cups at Fyfield , on sarsen ,but the rock found at Knowlton is probably the nearest with rings too . Came Down barrow has two rocks with rings ,still in situ .
In other words, a bloody long way then?

Better go look for these others a bit sharpish, though I believe they are claimed to be cups only, which means I won't be able to verify either way.

"Mum, have you got that camera...?"

When you consider that the majority of the west country examples tend to have come from burial associations i.e. not free standing ( see these for some buried limestone oddities http://rockartuk.fotopic.net/c908223.html ) or possibly much later due to metal tooling then it's Wales or Peak district you are looking at for something close to Kent .