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tiompan T
tiompan Jun 24, 2005 15:06:15
Replying to StoneLifter

There is a another stone with grooves at Middle Ridge , Middleton Moor but it looks natural , I'm not convinced by the Rombold's Moor one either .

S StoneLifter
StoneLifter Jun 24, 2005 15:46:54
Replying to tiompan

I've got a lovely one lent up against a wall - just about a Portable Find - but I'm convinced it's by wave action rather than rubbing. I'd better take a closer look at it. Thom looked at the profile of grooves in his last book - checking for the Megalithic Inch - I should look at that also. (I'd better pack my ruler next week !)

R Rockrich
Rockrich Jun 24, 2005 16:21:29
Replying to tiompan

Tiompan, is it ref 454 in PRAWR you're referring to? If so, I agree the grooves are a little sus'. Whenever I'm up that part of Middleton, I always go for a skeg at that rock to see if I can make a decision one way, or t'other, but I never can. Its those pesky cup marks on the other side that make you think, 'maybe the groves could be manmade'…

Ref 462 is a bit of bugger too, a big rock with definite cup marks, some parallel & meandering grooves. Again, I'd put my money on most of the grooves being natural, but the cup factor always makes for a big ? I think Boughey & Vickerman had the same problems deciding too.

Theres another unreferenced rock too, that has 4 parallel grooves of differing length on its S facing vertical, it had Paul Bennett & myself pondering its merits.

http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/36422