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West Kennett cup-markings​…?

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fitzcoraldo F
fitzcoraldo Oct 23, 2004 16:23:00
Replying to Paulus

In Stan's 1999 book "British Prehistoric Rock Art" there's a map of south east England & Wales. The West Kennet Avenue (not the Long barrow) is marked on his map but there is no reference as to why in the text.
The Pool farm cist cover is not a million miles away as are Cairn Down & Bradbury.
I think it's gonna be a case of the more we look the more we find.
An example of this is, Stan's book doesn't claim to be a definative guide or gazetteer but he only he lists 8 sites in Wales, compare this to Darvill & Wainwright's 2002 survey that had a list of 33 sites comprising more than 37 panels in Wales.
For a while I was convinced I could see cup marks on the Devil's Arrows but I haven't been down there for a while so now I'm not so sure.

H Hob
Hob Oct 26, 2004 22:47:13
Replying to fitzcoraldo

I think Paulus must be right, It's a Northern thing ;)

That sarsen stuff though (with an 's' or a 'c'), It's fulla of natural cups. After seeing the things on Fyfield Down (Un-Beckensalled cups they are too) this summer, I gave West Kennet 's facade a good scouring for cups, there were a few that got me wondering. But then after a look at the holes in Wayland's Smithy, I wasn't so sure. Took pics of the Wayland's holes, but not of those on WK. Wish I'd taken the time to check the avenue.

So no help from me there really, other than to suggest the totally vague and unprovable idea that natural holes in earlier monuments could have inspired the production of artificial holes in later creations. Vice versa even.

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