Rock Art Symposium

Hi Folks,

Have your agendas ready!

A Rock-Art Symposium, organised by the University of Bristol and ‘Time & Mind’ will take place on Saturday 24th April 2010 in Bristol University.

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RAM 2010

RAM’10 Flyer (Click to Enlarge)

Morning folks and a Happy New Year to you all.

Just a brief note to inform you that a provisional date has been set of Sunday the  23rd of May for this years RAM.

The location will be Fylingdales Moor, North Yorkshire.

I will post more details later.

cheers

Gavin

New Year……New Find!

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Hi Folks,

Can’t think of a better start for the RA-year 2010 than the discovery by Mac Scott of a cup-marked panel in gridref  NU 26187 17229 . The panel lies East of Sea Houses farm, (N)NE of the amazing Howick Settlement and Hill fort on the Northumbrian coast. Mac posted his find already on TMA and granted me permission to use  his photos on BRAC  too. Congrats Mac!

Any idea (Richard?) how to get this find into the County Council database?

Season Greetings

S(t)anta and his helpers are approaching fast!

Broomridge’s Westside Story

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Hi Folks,

Graham White of Coldstream contacted me about a mysterious carving on the west-side of Broomridge, Northumberland. He wrote:

“There was also a bit of a mystery; at the West end of Broomridge I found a near-perfect 1.5 inch circle-groove with a beautifully domed centre mass.
It wasn’t quite a perfect circle -so I don’t think it is associated with drilling- which would have been a straight hole anyway.  I don’t know if this has been mentioned by Stan Beckensall.
There were some other features on the same rock, within a metre or so, which looked like carvings of natural basin features.  What do you think?”

As far as I know, this nice motif, which could well be the first stage of a cup, is not mentioned by Stan and/or on ERA. What do you make of it?

Cheers,

Jan

Hawaian RA: Aloa!

Pu`uloa Petroglyph, Hawai (click to enlarge)

Just added a nice series of photographs of Hawaian rock art to the Wordwide Rock Art Selection. The pics were taken by my daughter and son-in-law during their vacation trip to Hawai last September. The carvings in the lava are of relatively recent times (from of 1200AD). That’s probably why they have a handed down explanation for the cup and ring(s) as can be read on the second photo. There’s also a link to an explaintory website with, a.o. the following text: “Reverend William Ellis, a missionary to the Hawaiian and Society Islands, recorded the earliest written observation of the petroglyphs at Pu`uloa in 1823″. By that time Mr Langlands acknowledged the antiquity of the Old Bewick motifs. Small world! Enjoy….

Hittite Cup & Rings

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Hi Folks,

We know that C&R’s were used as decoration in all Ages and Places. Here’s a rare C&R-decorated sandstone bead of the Hittite people (Anatolia, Turkey), dating back to 1500-1300 BC. The bead is yours for $ 1000. The right stuff to wear on RAM’10!

Black Burn’s Latest Beauty

The "new" Black Burn-22 panel (click to enlarge)

Recently, George Currie found another new and quite interesting panel in the Black Burn area, West of Urlar farm on the South-side of Loch Tay. It looks like this panel was part of  a larger design. Part of the motif -a relative small cup with four rings- has flaked off. A really nice catch, George!

For the other 21 panels -all found by George- see the Black Burn collection on BRAC.

French RA in 2010

Hi Folks,

George Nash asked me to put this invitation of the Clifton Antquarian Club to the Blog. It seems to be good start of the New Year!

Cheers,

Jan

Loch Tay Glory

Latest News: George Currie has seen the Light!

It was a frosty Autumn morning on the South bank of Loch Tay. The fog hung low and no sound was heard. George took his camera out and catched the spooky atmosphere. And there, suddenly, it was; a clear but unreadable Aura!  Was there a person visible? Was it Hutchinson, Anderson, Mackenzie, Stuart? We will never know. Only this story and the photos of the “Glory” survived!