indy Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Well my discovery of the large stone carving from the river Bollin has so far totally mistified experts who have seen nothing like it before !!! It clearly depicts the body of a child covered with a blanket with a wooden stake driven into the ground and a rope or ligiture around the neck. This was a common sacrificial practise during prehistoric & early Bronze Age times and this stone effigy was probably carved & placed in the river thousands of years ago where it had remained until its discovery in May 2009 !!! Due to its size and weight (50 kg) and its partial burial in the riverbed it has probably hardly moved at all over that period. One noticable feature is the fact that the carving has been polished and smoothed by flowing water and sand over a very long period So why has it puzzled the experts ? simply because nothing like this has been found in the past so there are no other known samples to compare this carving against. It is possible that this is a unique discovery from prehistoric times and if so it will be a find of national archaeological importance ... As soon as i have more answers to this ever deepening mystery i will post them on here .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 22, 2009 Report Share Posted August 22, 2009 Haven't you already got three threads on this very same topic Indy. Not wanting to sound rude but why don't you stick to the same one... it's confusing me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indy Posted August 23, 2009 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 this is more about the difficulty of identification of the object by experts ? Dismayed rather than the object itself .... but yes it is a similar thread ..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dizzy Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 OK Still confusing if there are comments and answers on different threads though. Guess my mind is too methodical and organised for my own good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter T Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 OK Still confusing if there are comments and answers on different threads though. Guess my mind is too methodical and organised for my own good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
observer Posted August 24, 2009 Report Share Posted August 24, 2009 Think your right Diz! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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