Fyfield Down Cup Marked Stone 5
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Fyfield Down Cup Marked Stone

pollisoir and cup marked stone at Fyfield down

tonyh T
tonyh Apr 20, 2009 07:47:40
Replying to Hob

I very much doubt if the people that built the monuments saw the Sarsens drifts as mere quarries..

I'm inclined to believe that they, like I, were inspired by them..

Tony

S Stoneshifter
Stoneshifter Apr 20, 2009 12:02:07
Replying to tonyh

And shall I be boring and say that that stone (the polisher) has absolutely nothing to do with honing blades and everything to do with light and shadows? There are no wear patterns which sharpening stones assume and it's in a ritual landscape which may depend on calculations of time or season. The ancient antiquarians saw the megalith builders as crude and hairy - and perhaps they were - but they weren't uncivilised.

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