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Hob H
Hob Mar 31, 2005 23:47:20
Replying to The Eternal

>What are the odds of a belief system, both spiritual and architectural, being very similar >throughout Britain and Ireland during the Neolithic and Bronze Ages?

I get your meaning TE, and I don't think that spiritual and practical considerations need to be mutually exclusive things. But it's easier to notice the similarities than the differences, and tempting to gloss over the latter in favour of bigging-up the former.

Mind you, I've got a thing about cup-marks, and they're virtually identical all over the globe, so I do reckon there's something in the idea that there was some kind of meta-cultural template waaaaay back whenever. Paleolithically even, whocansay?

T The Eternal
The Eternal Apr 2, 2005 00:48:34
Replying to Hob

Hob, I agree, cup marks are widespread and consistent, and probably go way back.

There is a relatively new discovery not far from me. The Langdale Boulders are located halfway down the Great Langdale valley from Ambleside in Cumbria. They can be seen just past Chapel Stile, on the left hand side of the road, just over a stone wall. They are used by local rock climbers as a practice area,.

Currently there is some debate about banning the climbers, as the cup and ring marks may get eroded.

There are a surprising number of cup and ring marks, and when you see them it makes you wonder why they weren't discovered earlier.

At the head of the valley is the Pike of Stickle stone axe "factory". Axes from this site have been discovered all over Britain and Ireland.

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