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StoneLifter Nov 28, 2004 21:57:37
Replying to fitzcoraldo

The older marks are susceptible to a Meglithic Ruler; the younger ones aren't. Simple as that. Perhaps the crossover came with metal tools. Perhaps there were three main phases of carving. The last phase was more or less just scratches. The cupmarks in the roofstone of the Burren are markedly less eroded than their earthfast contemporaries.

F FourWinds
FourWinds Nov 29, 2004 07:08:21
Replying to StoneLifter

>> The last phase was more or less just scratches.

http://irishmegaliths.megalithomania.com/zTinure.htm

Well, perhaps they're wrong, but these are thought to be Neolithic or even Mesolithic. These are probably considered older because they're more primitive.

Unfortunately, the shale surface they are (or were) carved onto is now gorse and bramble infested and may even have fallen off - it's impossible to say because you can't get near them.