Re: A big cross section of Irish panels | Forum

Kozmik_Ken Feb 5, 2004 13:07:59

Replying to FourWinds

Christ on a bike!!! Wonderful stuff! Thanks for that.

The decorated standing stones... do you think they were rock art panels reused as megaliths as at Kilmartin?

>As you can see it is very different from the passage tomb art.

Yes... many of them do look to be in a similar tradition to British RA... especially the one on the outcrop with a good view of the valley below. The cups with the wide rings are quite strange... n' the one with the crosses is very peculiar... never seen anything like that before.

Looks like a visit to Ireland may have to be sorted soonish!

FourWinds Feb 5, 2004 13:44:18

Replying to Kozmik_Ken

Always willing to act as guide and put people up for a while. All I need is notice :-)

I forgot this fairly un-sung one:
http://www.megalithomania.com/show_site.php?site_id=1170

As far as I know it is the only Irish example of spirals on a panel. Stan-da-man says there aren't any at all ... that's how un-sung this one is!

FourWinds Feb 5, 2004 13:51:43

Replying to Kozmik_Ken

"The cups with the wide rings are quite strange ..."

That, I think, seems to be one factor that separates Irish RA into two groups. There are the heavy-duty C&Rs like these and there are the slender, more English looking ones such as this

http://www.megalithomania.com/show_site.php?site_id=1216&image=3792

However, the two types do appear together as at Drumirril (above). I don't know if Shee-Twohig split Irish RA up by this difference, but I certainly think it's worth considering. Were there two RA cultures in Ireland and were places like Drumirril seen as potent to both?

Oh and here's another I'd like an opinion on from a UK perspective:
http://www.megalithomania.com/show_site.php?site_id=559

Calling Chris Collyer