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Recreating Passage Tombs

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CianMcLiam Oct 29, 2008 00:30:35

Replying to bawn79

We used a tent groundsheet that Tom brought along, going to buy a few of them. I thought it might not be thick enough to block the light fully but it really did the trick nicely.

Here's a shot of a dagger of light hitting the basin in Cairn L from same morning (the direct sunbeam landed nowhere else inside the passage tomb)

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn245/wacamexhibit/2517CairnL.jpg

Stoneshifter Oct 29, 2008 08:32:06

Replying to CianMcLiam

That's a brilliant photograph. It's getting closer to the meaning of cup and ring art - whatever that is - and showing how those stones were intended to be seen. As a byproduct you're also demonstrating how these carved stones could be displayed in a museum. So is a cupmark the sun ?

tiompan Oct 29, 2008 08:34:00

Replying to CianMcLiam

CianMcLiam wrote:

We used a tent groundsheet that Tom brought along, going to buy a few of them. I thought it might not be thick enough to block the light fully but it really did the trick nicely.

Here's a shot of a dagger of light hitting the basin in Cairn L from same morning (the direct sunbeam landed nowhere else inside the passage tomb)

http://i306.photobucket.com/albums/nn245/wacamexhibit/2517CairnL.jpg

Great pic Ken , I've sent addy info etc , let me know if there is a problem .