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The drum carvings

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megadread Jul 5, 2009 23:15:24

Replying to megadread

Another comment you made Chris.

"The barrow would have overlooked what could have been an important junction of 2 trading routes and it left me speculating on the possibility that there could have been some kind of stone marker at the bottom of the valley, although there is no record of one ever standing here."

2nd expanded view, left panel, could that be the site of your missing marker or maybe a pointer to the barrow itself. ?

Chris Collyer Jul 9, 2009 19:30:06

Replying to megadread

I think that's pushing it a bit, maybe it was just the carver showing off. I just had a look through my photos and there's a large pond just to one side of the 'cross roads' that seems to at about the lowest point in the landscape - maybe the small chevron in the centre of the cross of the bottom panel is this pond? I'll email you a copy if you want.

-Chris