Hob wrote:
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.
Hi Hob , it's the only one I'm aware of but sadly have yet to see it . If there are lots of natural holes maybe it's a case of enhancement .The bowls at Knowth and Newgrange are described as being granite and they have incredible workmanship and there is rock art on Aberdeenshire granite , dunno how sarsen and granite compare on the Moh's scale but like you say it needn't have been pecked . 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 :)
