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Last April I was walking on the moors near where I live. During the course of the afternoon's wandering about, I stopped for a rest by a boulder that a crow was perched upon. (Of course, it flew away as I approached!).
I paused there awhile and found a little pool of water on the other side of the rock. Then I noticed something white, in a dark hollow beneath the stone. I peered in but couldn't quite see what it was, so I reached in and pulled it out.
It was a cone, made of some sort of waxy material. Inside the cone were what looked like 'slivers' or 'parings' of a shiny metallic substance. I took a few pics and put it back, thinking someone may have put it there for some reason that was important to them. It's probabley still there now.
Anyone got any ideas what it was? And maybe a reason for it being there?
Here are some pics:-
The place where I found the cone. It's just visible in the central hollow under the rock: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/ ... /Cone3.jpg
The cone, with my girlfriend's hand for scale: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/ ... /Cone1.jpg
A close up: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/ ... /Cone2.jpg
Cheers
Dave
I paused there awhile and found a little pool of water on the other side of the rock. Then I noticed something white, in a dark hollow beneath the stone. I peered in but couldn't quite see what it was, so I reached in and pulled it out.
It was a cone, made of some sort of waxy material. Inside the cone were what looked like 'slivers' or 'parings' of a shiny metallic substance. I took a few pics and put it back, thinking someone may have put it there for some reason that was important to them. It's probabley still there now.
Anyone got any ideas what it was? And maybe a reason for it being there?
Here are some pics:-
The place where I found the cone. It's just visible in the central hollow under the rock: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/ ... /Cone3.jpg
The cone, with my girlfriend's hand for scale: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/ ... /Cone1.jpg
A close up: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v480/ ... /Cone2.jpg
Cheers
Dave
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