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FourWinds Nov 27, 2004 20:22:02

Replying to fitzcoraldo

Sorry about totally mistyping your name ... I was in bullaun shock!

That stone is the first 100% definite link between rock art and bullauns and basically confirms my proposal that bullauns are far older than the early Christian period that the scholars prescribe to them. Many have poo-pooed my ideas and now I can stuff it to them :-)

I will be coming to see this one for myself as soon as I can do so. It's a beaut!

fitzcoraldo Nov 27, 2004 21:48:16

Replying to FourWinds

I will be coming to see this one for myself as soon as I can do so. It's a beaut!

It is lovely isn't it. and it's nice to have the c&rs and the bowl (big cup) occurring on the same stone.
One thing Hob and I observed was that the stone seems to have a sort of symetry....well not exactly symetry but the c&rs and the big cup are balanced....if you know what I mean... it feels as if the carvings are contemporary with each other.
If your heading this way give me a shout out and I'll have a mooch up there with you if I'm not on the briney sea.

I thought the problem with bullauns was that they spanned such a long time frame, much the same as the Scottish 'pot barley stones', running from BC into the AD.

We got no shortage of big cups, maybe not as big as that one but big all the same.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/22405

rockartuk Nov 27, 2004 22:33:38

Replying to FourWinds

Thanks for that Eel, Fitz! And to make your weekend, FW, here's another one to back you up:
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/33366
Cheers,
Jan