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Emma A Sep 13, 2012 18:40:51
Replying to tiompan

Thank you tiompan.
The larger ones reminded me of the large dish-marking at Robin Hood's Stride but they were a bit scruffy. The genuine cup marks I've seen have all been quite neat and properly hollowed out. These had raised bottoms - almost like they hadn't been finished.

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tiompan Sep 13, 2012 19:06:48
Replying to Emma A

Emma A wrote:
Thank you tiompan.
The larger ones reminded me of the large dish-marking at Robin Hood's Stride but they were a bit scruffy. The genuine cup marks I've seen have all been quite neat and properly hollowed out. These had raised bottoms - almost like they hadn't been finished.
Emma , I wasn't sure from the pics but some did look like bosses , ,if that is the case , you do get what is in effect a ring (more rarely two rings )with a central boss but rarely in open air situations they are sometimes found in association with cists .e.g.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/6525/lamancha.html

S Sanctuary
Sanctuary Sep 13, 2012 20:08:31
Replying to Emma A

Emma A wrote:
Thank you tiompan.
The larger ones reminded me of the large dish-marking at Robin Hood's Stride but they were a bit scruffy. The genuine cup marks I've seen have all been quite neat and properly hollowed out. These had raised bottoms - almost like they hadn't been finished.
Well, to my eye, in the third photo from the left, they look like little Bowl Barrows with a surrounding ditch! Would that be right Emma? Dunno what it means though.

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