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Re: I found some rock markings!
Feb 21, 2008, 12:42
12pointer wrote:
thanks very much, I did look up ogham and didn't see any real resemblances to any letters but they do look similar, maybe a styalised form? the grooves that make up the symbols are deep enough not to make them just any old markings though, i.e. actidental ploughing grooves


Ploughing grooves can be pretty big/deep and fortunately we can recognise them at least as having been made by metal. That there are man made markings from pre-history that differs from rock art and ogham and is similar to the rock is not in doubt .The problem is showing that these markings belong to that category . I must say I'm not convinced but it would be too easy to overlook .

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