Ancient rock art baffles experts

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While some people dream of the warm sun of southern Spain for their retirement, David Jones chose high fells, the sharp teeth of a gale and the quest to find 5,000-year-old artwork. "I decided to build a new life when I retired," says the former IT marketing specialist, as a bitter wind whips through his hair. "I wanted the last third to be quite different from the first two thirds. I walk a lot, I work with charities, and I do this."

"This" is joining more than 100 other Gore-Tex-clad volunteers scouring the moorland of north-east England, searching for traces of the enigmatic and weirdly beautiful carvings our ancestors made on stretches of flat rocks and boulders. The project is a collaboration between English Heritage and Northumberland and Durham County Councils. So far, more than 100 previously unknown carvings have been discovered, featuring a mysterious mix of concentric circles, interlocking rings and hollowed cups. They are broadly dated between 4,000 and 6,000 years old.

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Raymond

Re: Ancient rock art baffles experts

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While some people dream of the warm sun of southern Spain for their retirement

Urgh! I couldn't think of anything more un-appealing.

Good luck to this chap! He's doing something he enjoys with his retirement, he's doing something that will benefit the country as a whole and he's keeping his retirement money in Britain.

Well done that man.

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