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tjj Dec 3, 2010 18:27:08
Replying to Sanctuary

Sanctuary wrote:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/12/01/standing-stone-may-have-guided-the-ancients-through-sacred-landscape-91466-27746957/
It is an interesting stone isn't it? The other take on it is that the cup marks may represent star constellations. Speculation about 'religious' practices is just that - speculation. However,I think it is fairly safe to say ancient peoples marked the turning of the year (solstices/equinoxes) and studied the constellations - which would have been so very much more visible to the naked eye than in general today.

http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/11/2010/standing-stone-cup-marks-may-represent-star-constellations

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tiompan Dec 3, 2010 18:46:13
Replying to tjj

tjj wrote:
Sanctuary wrote:
http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2010/12/01/standing-stone-may-have-guided-the-ancients-through-sacred-landscape-91466-27746957/
It is an interesting stone isn't it? The other take on it is that the cup marks may represent star constellations. Speculation about 'religious' practices is just that - speculation. However,I think it is fairly safe to say ancient peoples marked the turning of the year (solstices/equinoxes) and studied the constellations - which would have been so very much more visible to the naked eye than in general today.

http://www.pasthorizons.com/index.php/archives/11/2010/standing-stone-cup-marks-may-represent-star-constellations

The interesting and informative aspect is that the abstract rock art of Britain doesn't appear to represent constellations or the night sky at all . We might expect it to and should really be able to squeeze some sort of "possible" representation out of the the huge number of possibilities but none are convincing .