I actually think that your comments about the change from female to male line might be an extremely plausable explanation for the disappearance of z & v rods, if as has been suggested that they may represent marriage lines when paired.
Of course the same coud also be true if the carvings were used as boundary markers and replaced earlier druidic Ogham stones for this purpose.
The removal of all things elemental from worship could also provide the answer.
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