14th December 2011, 01:21 PM
Quote:If it is not whetstone ... then the cuts mean somethingWhy? Not sure I'm following the logic of that one.
Looking at the pics, the cuts run right across one - flat - surface of each stone. They don't appear concentrated in one place or at the edges. They don't get shallower toward the edges. Is it possible that all four stones are just fragments of something like flat-surfaced cobbling, laid to improve a yard or working area type of thing? The cuts could easily have been made in that type of soft stone, just by heavy objects being dragged over them. Would explain why they're apparently random, overlying each other and going in all directions.
The cuts appear random, so not sure how they would function as a tally.