Comments on: Weetwood 6 – New Find?

By: Borderglider

Borderglider — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:45:22 +0000

I knew I was flying a kite – but I’m still niggled by the possibility that it might be something. I spent the best part of an hour at Weetwood looking for Group 4. I found the Gorse Bush panel at 5 and Stan;s map is pretty clear about where Group 4 should be – but I’m damned if I could find ANY of that group. I’m coming round to the view that you need some hunter-gatherer genes in your ancestry – with an added dash of ferret – to find rock art panels.

Would be glad to team up with anyone visiting the area anytime – I’m sure I’d learn a few tricks of the trade much faster.

Cheers

Graham

By: rockartwolf

rockartwolf — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:14:39 +0000

As Jan says Graham, its hard sometimes to tell if you are looking at weathered carvings or the surface doing strange things…but it could be, you never know. If you want i can give you a ring next time i am over, we can take a shot at using the flash, which does sometimes show up what the eye can’t see..

I’ll email you and give you my mobile..

Its great having someone extra on the rockart front looking for carvings..

cheers

Brian.

By: rockartuk

rockartuk — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:05:26 +0000

Thanks for the post, Graham.
It’s hard to tell from the photo whether this is a genuine carving.
There are some circular forms indeed but some questions remain:
1. Is there a depression under the moss in the middle?
2. Do the rings make whole circles or are they partial (as in the photo)?
Furthermore, erosion can do strange things to rock surfaces!
I have to see it in the flesh next May/June.
Cheers,
Jan