Are these plough marks?

slowburner

I posted this photo in another forum and everyone seemed to think that these marks are from repeated hits from a plough. Could anyone tell me if it is likely that a plough would hit a stone from several different directions. What would you do if you were ploughing and you hit a stone like this, would you dig it up and throw it away after hitting it several times? i would love to know how you deal with stones like this. It is about 2 foot diameter and 1 foot thick. It was found on the edge of a forest about 20 yards from a field of barley.
Thanks.

johnstown

I'd say so. Picked a similar granite stone off a field this year. The markings were too fresh to be otherwise. I gave the stone in question a powerhose as I thought it might be something of significance.

slowburner

johnstown wrote: »

I'd say so. Picked a similar granite stone off a field this year. The markings were too fresh to be otherwise. I gave the stone in question a powerhose as I thought it might be something of significance.

Thanks J. Were the marks on your stone as straight as the ones in the picture? And did they come from as many angles? The marks on my stone aren't fresh, I'm guessing they're pretty old. Horse drawn ploughs would hardly cut the stone like this - would they?

Horace

Maybe they could have been made by the bucket of a digger or or a loader prior to breaking it up and removing it from a field

blue5000

Might have been done by a heavy disc harrow too?