The Idol Stone forum 1 room
Image by Kozmik_Ken
The Idol Stone

More damage.

close
more_vert
Chris Collyer C
Chris Collyer Aug 4, 2011 12:56:28
Replying to Kozmik_Ken

Kozmik_Ken wrote:
It may even be someones misguided idea of helping to highlight the designs, rather than plain vandalism.

I hope that dye isn't weather resistant.

That was my thought, it did remind me of the days when carvings where sometimes chalked to make them more visible. If Tom's suggestion of charcoal is right then at least it should wash off without any further intervention.

-Chris

T thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Aug 4, 2011 18:10:51
Replying to Chris Collyer

Chris Collyer wrote:
Kozmik_Ken wrote:
It may even be someones misguided idea of helping to highlight the designs, rather than plain vandalism.

I hope that dye isn't weather resistant.

That was my thought, it did remind me of the days when carvings where sometimes chalked to make them more visible. If Tom's suggestion of charcoal is right then at least it should wash off without any further intervention.

-Chris

It's interesting to speculate that charcoal may actually have been used to "bring out" the carvings when they were first done. Has there ever been evidence of prehistoric use of charcoal (and other plant, etc substances) to highlight rock art? Just a thought.

Like all websites everywhere, we use cookies.