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gjrk Nov 18, 2008 11:46:51
Replying to tiompan

Yes, you'd almost wonder if it was a practical/fluid-catching addition to these axials, rather than solely symbolic. Just to muddy the picture further, Lettergorman S and Knocknaneirk NE have pronounced bevels at the junction of their axial top and front face. You wouldn't have any site names I could follow up for these (one cup) rocks?

T tiompan
tiompan Nov 18, 2008 16:03:01
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gjrk wrote:
Yes, you'd almost wonder if it was a practical/fluid-catching addition to these axials, rather than solely symbolic. Just to muddy the picture further, Lettergorman S and Knocknaneirk NE have pronounced bevels at the junction of their axial top and front face. You wouldn't have any site names I could follow up for these (one cup) rocks?
I don't post them here or on BRACas they are not as immediate as the more squiggly stuff , some pro archaeos with a little knowledge don't even accept them .As they are my finds they won't be mentioned elsewhere except "Discovery & Excavation Scotland " but I'll have a look through and post some later .

T tiompan
tiompan Nov 18, 2008 17:50:54
Replying to gjrk

gjrk wrote:
Yes, you'd almost wonder if it was a practical/fluid-catching addition to these axials, rather than solely symbolic. Just to muddy the picture further, Lettergorman S and Knocknaneirk NE have pronounced bevels at the junction of their axial top and front face. You wouldn't have any site names I could follow up for these (one cup) rocks?
I couldn't quite make out the bevels from the pics but the quartz boulder at Knockaneirk reminds me of a recently excavated ring cairn at Laikenbuie which was dated to 600 BC ,this also had a quartz boulder in the kerb and from the centere of the cairn to the quartz gave a declination for the major standstill moon rise .