I'm off work at the moment with a bad back so I watched "Standing with Stones" DVD again to cheer myself up. This film is great and everytime I watch it I seem to notice something new. This time it was at Castleruddery in Ireland. Rupert, in this section, mentions his interest in drill holes and the similarities between drill holes on stones at Castleruddery and Fernworthy in Dartmoor. Watching this section reminded me that I had come across very similar drill holes at a site in aberdeenshire, Clune Hill stone circle. I remember at the time I was quite taken with these holes and took more photos of them then the stone circle. I guessed they were modern.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/post/94541/clune_hill.html
Had a look on Internet and found this site which is very interesting and mentions Castleruddery. It seems to think these holes are prehistoric masonry-marks.
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/quarrymarks.htm
http://www.ancient-wisdom.co.uk/irelandcastleruddery.htm
So are these near identical drill holes on stones at sites in Scotland, Ireland and South England. Modern (18th and 19th century)? or were they made prehistory by the same people who built the circles? Rupert also hints in the film that the five holes in a straight line could be for another purpose.
All good stuff. What does everyone think? (sorry if this has been covered before)
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