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| Thanks Jon & Carol . "Why were cup marks engraved " ? Probably lots of different reasons rather than one over arching explanation . e.g. Apotropaism , decoration , humanising the landscape , part of a communication with the stone , self , or spirits/gods etc ,if the latter possibly related to appeals for increase /decrease in fertility , rain , drought , luck etc , territorial marker, route marker etc . Worth pointing out that one cup mark is sometimes the sole component and there are marked rocks with no cup marks . Reply | with quote |  22nd September 2016ce 22:33 In reply to: Re: George! (carol27) |
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