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We have loads of pic everywhere.
What do they mean? I'm in Northern England on the border with Scotland. There are loads of these stones. And they're ancient. Dated to Iron Age.
>>793926
What do you mean by "these stones"?
Stones with spirals'
>>793926
What do you mean by "these stones"?
Stones with spirals?
They are what's called Pictish cup and ring markings and they are all over the UK.
As to what they mean, I'm sure your guess is as good as anyone elses
Aliens got horny
>>793926
We have those marks too in Sardinia dating back to the neolithic and there are some in Malta too
probably some ritualistic bullshit
[spoiler]fun fact: usually when archaeologists attribute something to "ritual purposes", it usually means "we have no fucking clue" but considering that it's a bunch of static rocks that don't seem to interact with anything they might have been some land markers or indeed just ritualistic bullshit[/spoiler]
In Finnish paganism there are several "sacred" stones found all over Finland. Some of them have some carvings and some of them only small holes in it. Usually they are found near old farming sites.
The function of these was pagan offerings. Different kind of wheat, beer, grains etc. were left to the holes for nature spirits and for different functions. Rainwater collected from the holes was believed to cure diseases etc.
Also evil spirits were driven to the holes etc.
Acorn grinders, most have been destroyed or sold off but they can be found still some places in California.
>>793955
Read the photo name.
They're called cup and ring markings.
And are everywhere.
>>793926
Ritual purposes
>tl:dr noone will ever know 100% but the likeliest answer is boundary markers and religious reasons
>>794123
they're iron age
Whenever you notice something like that, a wizard did it.
t. Geoffrey of Monmouth
an ancient meme probably
