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Ecclesall woods, new RA find. ?

megadread Jul 6, 2010 16:22:38

Replying to Littlestone

Totally understand the frustration, i was hoping to go and see the RA immediately, thing is if i don't comply with the wishes of certain people doors will close that must remain open.
There is a schedule to release more info but it's a game of waiting for EH to record the piece first, as i've said it's partly buried and the consequences of someone going along and digging the bugger up could be disastrous, what if there's further archaeology in the covering soil. ?
Last thing i wanna do is wait to an age to see a discovery like this but what can i do, it is hinted there are other unknown pieces that could come to light.

Only this afternoon i've been to see the stone that was moved from the woods to a council compound, sadly (?) there's nothing on it that i can see, bloody good job too as it's been damaged severly in the move, though i'm certain if it did contain RA it would have been handled more carefully.

http://i49.tinypic.com/f4r042.jpg
http://i47.tinypic.com/k9uxvn.jpg

(Tape is at 12 inches)

Of course now i know the location i could go stomping in there, i am tempted but there are very good reasons not to, believe me.

Sorry.

Chris Collyer Jul 6, 2010 18:08:23

Replying to megadread

megadread wrote:

thing is if i don't comply with the wishes of certain people doors will close that must remain open.

Fair do's Geoff

megadread wrote:

There is a schedule to release more info but it's a game of waiting for EH to record the piece first

At least that's good news even though we've got to wait for it, my worry was that we'd never hear anything about the stone again, hence my previous ranting.

megadread wrote:

it is hinted there are other unknown pieces that could come to light

ha! now I'm dribbling, must be those carrots they keep dangling again :-)

That stone in the pictures is a bit of a strange one isn't it, I wonder why they thought they had to move it as it doesn't exactly look that portable to me. I don't know what kind of rock it is (ganister?) but apart from around the top it looks very fresh - like it has been quarried fairly recently. Maybe only the top part was exposed when they decided to move it then they found it went deeper than they thought. As for any carvings, is it a trick of the light or are there faint cup marks on the top surface (or is it just my 'eye of hope' seeing things that aren't there?)

megadread wrote:

Sorry.

Hey you're a star fella, thanks for all the work you've put in. Guess we've just got to wait and see what EH do next.

-Chris