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My perforated stones in Smithills may be socketed for carved heads.

This circle has something to do with the loughs - http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/browse.php?site_id=3301 - as has the next one 'Haughton Common'.

Drystone walls were being painted with burnt ochre as recently as 1950 - in a primitive part of England.

I've found another piece of Rock Art - Northumbrian - it looks like the broken off top of a carved metre and a half tall and narrow pillar. I don't have time to post it yet - the cups are still clogged with sand and it's scarred as though the farmer has recently used it to chock a trailer or gate. Amongst the debris of a large Burl type b stone row. Still has some power ! Very beautiful...

They're sculpture.

Sure are sculpture. There's something very touchable about stones and their carvings. Are you guessing how tall it was from the proportions of the remaining stone?

..in a primitive part of england heh heh.. probably more advanced than round here today - but why were they painting the walls with ochre?