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FourWinds F
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

K Kozmik_Ken
Kozmik_Ken Feb 5, 2004 14:53:05
Replying to FourWinds

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

Is this one on a broken up outcrop? Do any of the designs continue on other pieces they could have broken off of?

The other site is positioned in a similar manner to British RA. The main design itself is a little hard to make out. Overlapping rings are quite common in Britain... the long groove is a common feature I've seen on Ilkley carvings, running down off the rocks surface. In fact it's likely to be grooveS, as the channel above which forks and joins again isolating a vaugely lozenge island of rock looks like it's part of the design. The short grooves apear to hug it's contour. Could be a natural feature of the rock that has been enhanced, which is also common in British RA.

The view from that rock looks splendid!

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