CianMcLiam
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 10:03
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Absolutely, that's incredible to see it just sitting there in a wall!
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Rockrich
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 10:13
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another house with a carving;
http://rockart.ncl.ac.uk/panel_detail.asp?pi=693
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rocknicker
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 10:51
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there are quite a few; I think it may deserve a whole RABL category ;)
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tiompan
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 10:59
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Rockrich wrote:
Another here , site 2 . http://rockartuk.fotopic.net/c1201221.html .
The Rev. Mckenzie of Kenmore famously remarked on the locals having marked rocks next to and in their homes sometimes to the detriment of access .
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slumpystones
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 11:06
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pebblesfromheaven wrote: considering the amount that's probably been quarried away, you might not be far wrong. It just won't be facing outwards....
That means there are six times as many marked stones in use as building material as we can see !!
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StoneLifter
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 11:32
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It's not as simple as that - because of the bedding planes - somewhere between four and six, perhaps. And then there's the wall stones that retain a bank and those carved fragments that have been pointed or rendered.
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rocknicker
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Edited Feb 26, 2007, 11:34
Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 11:33
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might be higher than that, as if you were a stonemason wanting to make a good job, you wouldn't want those silly squiggly bits showing...
(I used to like to imagine I had some RA in my old house in Wooler - not impossible)
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slumpystones
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 12:11
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Not sure about the visual aspects of a builder not displaying something different - most builders like their work to be a little different, gives it a more personal touch. I can appreciate the developer maybe not wanting to show something that could be controversial and might cost him money, with rock art maybe being seen as black magic, and of course there is the chance that the markings would not have been noticed and the stone just slapped into place.
Just think, all those abandoned cottages with art hidden in their sunken stones...
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rocknicker
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 12:44
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slumpystones wrote: Just think, all those abandoned cottages with art hidden in their sunken stones...
I think about that quite a lot ... ;)
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fitzcoraldo
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Re: Rock Art in walls
Feb 26, 2007, 13:19
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Lovely
Well done Mr Wolf
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