moss wrote: tiompan wrote: In reply to Resonox's post , but I can't access to quote from ,so apologies .
The markings are much closer to the earlier style found in the Neolithic -Bronze age in Orkney than the much later Ogham . These markings are to be found on the "side" of slabs e.g. Brodgar Farm and lintels . We don't know the audience , if any , they were intended for . The markings could be apotropaic , intended as a communication between the engraver and stone or spirits .No need for the most obvious surface to be used , it is often the case in rock art that what appears to be a perfect surface to moderns is avoided in favour of something that to us appears much less useful . In this case , maybe the intended audience was a relatively contemporary one .
There's this....
http://www.themodernantiquaria[...]ost/55526/ness_of_brodgar.html
I got muddled with the 'eyebrow' stone this morning when looking, but something similar was found not so long ago...
Yep ,as mentioned previously there are plenty of similar carvings from Skara Brae and Maes Howe .
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