thelonious
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Edited Jun 26, 2015, 13:00
Cup marks on rock??
Jun 26, 2015, 12:57
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Am I having a proper bad case of wishful thinking?
I was having a walk near Killiecrankie today.
here - http://binged.it/1BRw93d
I saw a rock with maybe some cup marks on it? I'm no expert in these things. I thought maybe 2 possible, another 2 maybes and 1 wishful thinking.
What do you think? Sorry the video is all over the place :-)
https://youtu.be/1e1ufBAO_Qc
NN 91061 64289 (about 350m contour) rock is about 100m to the south and downhill from a hut circle (NN 91065 64401)
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tiompan
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Re: Cup marks on rock??
Jun 26, 2015, 13:31
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As always ,it's not fair to be too decisive from pics /vids ,high summer light and dreich weather couldn't be be worse for clarity .
A rough guess would be yes . Certainly possible . The rock is typical and there are other marked rocks in the area within less than a couple of miles .e.g. http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/15765/ardtulichan.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/11655/old_faskally.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/4086/strathgarry.html
and others I haven't posted .
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thelonious
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Re: Cup marks on rock??
Jun 26, 2015, 18:41
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Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it :-)
We are just back from an afternoon stroll to the Strathgarry 4 poster. I had a look at a couple of the cup marked rocks at Ardtulichan on the way. Nice area but the weather was pretty rubbish.
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thelonious
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Re: Cup marks on rock??
Jun 26, 2015, 21:57
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As I was a little overexcited about what might be and the rain had finally stopped I went for another look in the evening sun :-)
Second clip in the evening sun.
https://youtu.be/_X7GtF8KyPA
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thelonious
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Re: Cup marks on rock??
Jun 27, 2015, 17:13
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I've got another one to bore you all with :-)
Walking a few days back, we came across the Big O. I don't think it's that old, probably a boundary marker or a fan of Roy Orbison lives near by :-)
Rock with a big O on it (NN 96779 65188)
http://binged.it/1LuIBIb
Some photos. Any ideas?
https://500px.com/spaceways (first 5 photos)
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Hob
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Re: Cup marks on rock??
Jul 03, 2015, 20:41
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Doesn't video help though?
Being able to see the surroundings and the viewshed etc gives useful context to throw onto the scales of cup-pondering. Looks like the kind of place that should have them, even if it doesn't.
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Hob
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Re: Cup marks on rock??
Jul 03, 2015, 20:44
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First thought is millstone roughout. Lack of central cup is suspicious.
Also, the type 6 is a rare beast:
http://archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/archiveDS/archiveDownload?t=arch-352-1/dissemination/pdf/vol_006/6_app_002_007.pdf
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thelonious
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Edited Jul 03, 2015, 22:04
Re: Cup marks on rock??
Jul 03, 2015, 22:02
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Thanks for the link, an interesting read.
(hope you don't mind me mentioning it on here but I was just looking through your Flickr photostream, it's quite something! Just wonderful)
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Hob
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Re: Cup marks on rock??
Jul 06, 2015, 14:55
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Aw shucks, cheers for the praise. I need to get out and do more waving of lights at the old rocks. Oh yes I do. Been too long.
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