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Sculptors Cave Cave / Rock Shelter Image © thelonious Nearest Town: Lossiemouth (6km E) OS Ref (GB):     NJ17507072 / Sheet: 28 Latitude: 57° 43' 7.53" N Longitude:     3° 23' 6.26" W Added by drewbhoy News (3) Images (11) Miscellaneous (1) Links (2) 0 discussions Start a topic Show  |  Hide Web searches for Sculptors Cave Flickr Google Google Images MAGIC The Megalithic Portal Bing Stone Pages Streetmap.co.uk Wikipedia

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Old meets new as prehistoric cave is digitised "Archaeologists from Bradford have created a digital model of the iconic Sculptor’s Cave in Moray, Scotland. The high resolution digital model not only demonstrates the size and layout of the cave but importantly highlights the Pictish (early medieval) symbols found on the walls that make the cave so fascinating... continues... Comments (1)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thelonious 2nd October 2017ce

Sounds of the Bronze Age to be studied "A researcher at the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) hopes to gain an understanding of sounds heard thousands of years ago. Michelle Walker's investigation will involve a cave in Moray where human remains from the Late Bronze Age were previously found by archaeologists... continues... Comments (4)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thelonious 14th January 2016ce

Old Cave For Child Remains Reborn A 3,000 year old Scottish cave dedicated to dead children has been brought to life for the first time. First reported 2007. More info : http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6252605.stm Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 29th August 2009ce Edited 29th August 2009ce

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Sculptors Cave. "On the beach below, (Hopeman Golf Course), is a proper wonder. Access is tricky, a hazardous descent on steep slopes and bare rock; or a slippery scramble around headlands on the shore at low tide. But we feel that a little danger adds spice to our wonder. More than two thousand years ago, spiritual Celts sought out this gloomy cavern for a grizzly cult: a pagan veneration of the human head as a source, symbol and esoteric power. The cavern roof was hung with severed heads: criminals executed for unspeakable crimes; warrior heroes decapitated in battle; apostates beheaded in bloody auto da fe; wise forebears exhibited for their posterity's veneration. And later Celtic people - Picts on the cusp of Christianity - came here to chisel their arcane symbols into the soft sandstone of the cave walls. We have to search to find the sculptures - small and rudely carved among a gallery of subsequent graffiti." John R. Barrett Walks and Wonders - Knock News No. 30 August 09 Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 28th August 2009ce Edited 28th August 2009ce

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ADS - PSAS archive THE EXCAVATION OF THE SCULPTOR'S CAVE, COVESEA, MORAYSHIRE. BY Miss SYLVIA BENTON, M.A., F.S.A.ScoT. January 12, 1931. Comments (3)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by thelonious 23rd April 2011ce Edited 10th May 2013ce

RCAHMS Some images and all the discoveries found at this obviously well used place thru out the ages. Comments (0)  |  Add a comment  |  Permalink

Posted by drewbhoy 28th August 2009ce