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Yorkshirepedestrian 81 posts |
Feb 11, 2013, 17:24
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http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/heritage/largest-scottish-ancient-artworks-revealed-1-2780498
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ryaner 679 posts |
Feb 11, 2013, 17:44
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Just read this quote from a contributor on the Scotsman: So why are these type of finds always deemed religious? Could they have been from a popular game? Throw a stone and score so many points if you get them in a "cup" and more if it has a ring around it? She could be on to something! :-) :-) :-)
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ryaner 679 posts |
Feb 11, 2013, 17:45
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Great finds BTW.
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Sanctuary 4670 posts |
Feb 11, 2013, 18:13
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ryaner wrote: Just read this quote from a contributor on the Scotsman: So why are these type of finds always deemed religious? Could they have been from a popular game? Throw a stone and score so many points if you get them in a "cup" and more if it has a ring around it? She could be on to something! :-) :-) :-) More like ON something :-) So where was George when all of this was being found? George!!!
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tiompan 5758 posts |
Feb 11, 2013, 20:02
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Sanctuary wrote: ryaner wrote: Just read this quote from a contributor on the Scotsman: So why are these type of finds always deemed religious? Could they have been from a popular game? Throw a stone and score so many points if you get them in a "cup" and more if it has a ring around it? She could be on to something! :-) :-) :-) More like ON something :-) So where was George when all of this was being found? George!!! Consuming large amounts of salt at the moment , but I wasn't born when they were first noted. A Mr. Joass mentioned finding 10 marked rocks then a further four or five later ,in 1864 . There were other finds in the 70's possibly the same as the earlier ones . It seems a bit odd that Bob Gourlay who was an archaeologist had discovered some more then failed to record or input them into the SMR . Apart from the obviously dodgy stuff about cup markings and alignments it would be good to see some actual evidence . It's a shame that the media should pick up on this when in the same area there is a lot of genuine excellent work being done discovering and recording rock art by a group of amateur volunteers called Nosas .They have quietly got on with the business and produced the data , maybe if they mentioned earth energies or rituals they might get similar coverage .
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