Drumcah

Drumcah 1

Image by CianMcLiam

tiompan Apr 15, 2008 16:28:27

Ken , my vote is for artificial , whether comtemperaneous or a form of defacement who knows ? A couple of roughly similar examples .
http://rockartuk.fotopic.net/c433119.html
http://rockartuk.fotopic.net/c1101883.html

FourWinds Apr 15, 2008 16:35:12

Replying to tiompan

tiompan wrote:

I too would say artificial.

(Nice one on actually getting to it, Ken. A day out with Blaze, eh? ... Does the wife know about this?)

fitzcoraldo Apr 15, 2008 16:57:15

Replying to tiompan

There are a number of similar motifs on the north york moors, I'm afraid I can point to any on the WWW but Chappell and Brown document them in Prehistoric Rock Art of the NYM.

cheers
fitz

CianMcLiam Apr 16, 2008 12:02:15

Replying to tiompan

Yes, I'm fairly sure they are artificial and considering the work involved I'd guess they aren't simply defacement (they are also separate from
the rings and are parallel to the gutter like lines nearby).

We couldn't tell much while there because of their position and moss covering but I'm sending some pics to Blaze for her opinion.