Social history…

Ah. So it happened. One of the longest-lived apps I’ve used is now gone. I’ll use the web version to check in on a few people from time-to-time but only as replies.

This morning I went cup mark searching with Penwith Landscape Partnership here in the far west of Cornwall (UK). We found two fantastic cup marks in just 3 hours around the Bosigran and Rosemergy areas, one of which I was fortunate enough to spot. It’s a remarkable landscape, and I’m hoping that we’ll make it better known in the field of Atlantic rock art studies. #rockart #Cornwall #archaeology

It’s a good time for rock art in Cornwall. Often (mainly) overlooked, we’re discovering new sites quite regularly now. Here’s one I found last year that’s now on the HER (https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCO64890&resourceID=1020) but not yet published (I’m a freelancer - it’s tough to get funding to do a proper job). An earthfast boulder with a row of modern drill holes and covered in eroded cup marks and some linear features. 3D model: https://skfb.ly/oALBN

And here’s the stone a few weeks ago. It’s a rare thing for a site to change so dramatically!

I went to record a cup-marked stone this morning. It’s usually underwater in a reservoir, but the drought this summer had so drained it that the stone was completely exposed. First time since it was discovered in 2010. A quick grant application turned around quickly by Cornwall Archaeological Society and I was ready to go. But so was the weather.
When I arrived the stone was almost completely submerged. Good news for our water supply, bad news for Cornish rock art studies!
#rockart #prehistory