Dear Rick. thank you for the info about the cart ruts of The North Yorkshire coast. I was not aware of these, and any further info would be gratefully recieved.
Incidentally, I live in Tavistock and hope that we can meet some day.I would like to know if there is any evidence of prehistoric explotation of the Copper mines.It may be that Copper was so plentiful in Cyprus that it would not have been economical to get it from Britain.
Best Wishes, Roger.
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> Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 14:09:56 +0100
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Reaves, boundaries and prehistoric cart tracks in Malta
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> If we are talking cart ruts - don't forget the inter tidal rutways on the
> North East Yorkshire coast (if memory serves John Owen did some excellent
> work on the subject).
>
> Rick Stewart
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Roger Gosling"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, July 10, 2009 1:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Reaves, boundaries and prehistoric cart tracks in Malta
>
>
> I have been reading with interest the recent ongoing thread about Dartmoor
> reaves. I have deliberately given this email a different subject name as I
> am going off at a tangent.
>
> First with respect to boundaries; my father (RIP) was a solicitor and one
> of his main specialities all his working life was boundary disputes. He
> always said that, despite what may be on a map, in practical terms a
> boundary is effectively where the two neighbours agree it is. Often a map is
> not detailed enough to show a boundary down to the last few feet, so if a
> fence is re-erected a few feet from its previous position and this is not
> challenged, then effectively the boundary has moved (this is what happened
> in my back garden a few years ago). So my point is that in practice the
> exact position of a boundary may change over time.
>
> The main thread has also commented on cart tracks; there is an interesting
> place in Malta where the locals (espscially the Tourist Board) claim that
> some ruts in the rock are prehistoric cart tracks. I have to say that I have
> seen there and am not convinced, although a lot has been written about this.
> Just past these ruts (walking roughly south west from where you need to
> park) are some cave shelters cut into the rock. Again these are claimed to
> be prehistoric; these are not normally shown to tourists, although the "cart
> ruts" are. The ruts are near Misrah Ghar il-Kbir and if you use google earth
> and "fly to" Misrah Ghar il-Kbir (at near to 35°51'6.60"N 14°23'46.88"E
> this will show the cart ruts and the position of the caves (near bottom
> right of picture). The cart ruts are clearly visible in the google earth
> pictures. This are is well worth a visit if you are ever in Malta and don't
> miss the caves by going about 50 to 100 yards past the cart ruts into a
> small quarry. You won't need a torch although it could be useful to see the
> inner reaches better.
>
> There is more about Malta's cart ruts at
> http://www.angelfire.com/ar/magrosalibarchaeo/ including a map of where
> these can be found.
>
> So this email also has a link to mining history as the "prehistoric" caves
> were cut out of the rock (or mined).
>
> Cheers
> Roger
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