Carved stone?

Anglesey 17

Image by Meic

Hob Sep 15, 2006 22:47:58

Anybody got any idea where this is:
http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/tr/trilobitesuk/abar19.jpg

It's in an old book on ebay, too 'spensive for the likes of me, but I'm intrigued by the image.

The book is: http://snipurl.com/whbo

CianMcLiam Sep 15, 2006 22:57:39

Replying to Hob

Obviously I wouldn't have a clue but the bottom carving of the divided circle with dots is classic Loughcrew type carving, think I have a photo of its doppleganger somewhere...

fitzcoraldo Sep 15, 2006 23:20:41

Replying to Hob

Furthering the Irish links.
Cyttiau 'r Gwyddelod is at llanrug and is also known as the Irishmens huts.
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/CAE/Llanrug/index.html

There is no mention of this stone or the author in Darvill and Wainwrights 2003 provisional list of rock art in Wales

whatisthat Sep 16, 2006 07:28:53

Replying to Hob

Hob wrote:

Anybody got any idea where this is:
http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/tr/trilobitesuk/abar19.jpg

It's in an old book on ebay, too 'spensive for the likes of me, but I'm intrigued by the image.

The book is: http://snipurl.com/whbo

The author, William Stanley Owen of Penrhos, was an eminent Victorian archaeologist. Pitt-Rivers was married to his niece. The book is about his various excavations at the Ty Mawr settlement from 1862 which lay on his estate on Ynys Gybi (Holyhead Island).

Ty Mawr is in the TMA database called the 'Holyhead Mountain Hut Group' which I believe Jane, treaclechops and Moth visited on their recent expedition to Anglesey.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/3353

The goodies found were split between the British Museum and his own museum called Ellin's Tower on Ynys Gybi near his stately pile. The stuff in Ellin's Tower has since been 'mislaid'.

He also published his excavation reports on this site in Archaeologia Cambrensis.

FourWinds Sep 16, 2006 08:24:08

Replying to Hob

There are a few copies on abebooks. Prices range from 47-175 quid. Looks a good one.

rockartuk Sep 16, 2006 15:11:25

Replying to Hob

For what I can read, this amazingly decorated stone is from: Pen-y-Bonc.
This is a 'finding spot' near Ty Mawr in the community of Trearddur, Holyhead Island, Angelsey.
Would the seller of the book not be happy to produce a photocopy of that page or just spell-ot the caption in full?
Cheers,
Jan