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Cup and ring marks: wot dya think?

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tiompan Jun 12, 2008 07:36:47
Replying to Littlestone

Littlestone wrote:
Picking up on widford's post (Latest Posts unposted) wot dya think of this?

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/img_fullsize/68236.jpg
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/img_fullsize/68238.jpg

The stone is one of several in the churchyard of St Barnabus, Alphamstone ( http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/2064/alphamstone.html ). Haven't a clue about cup and ring marks so bow to those in the know. Some of the holes are a couple of centimetres deep.

Hello LS , imho certainly not markings in the cup and ring tradition ,one looks like natural solution holes . Possibly the stones have been chosen for their looks . The area is an RA desert of many miles in radius too .

L Littlestone
Littlestone Jun 12, 2008 15:34:59
Replying to tiompan

The area is an RA desert of many miles in radius too.
Aye, you're not kidding tiompan - they even nicked the Bartlow Hills from Essex and gave 'em to Cambridgeshire (I mean they didn't actually move the Hills to Cambridgeshire they moved the county boundary :-)

Not much in Essex at all, though Alphamstone's pretty impressive. There's a local story that the stones were brought from Wiltshire but there's little rock art there either. Think you're probably right when you say, 'possibly the stones have been chosen for their looks'. Can but hope though - maybe one of you cup and ring experts can get down here sometime and take a ganders.

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