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Ground Breaking Discovery Of Prehistoric Rock Art in Dunchraigaig Cairn. Kilmartin Glen, Scotland
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An amateur archaeologist from Oxfordshire named Hamish Fenton stumbled upon the oldest animal rock carvings in Scotland, possibly even the oldest of their type in the entirety of the United Kingdom.
Scotland has more than 3000 prehistoric carved rocks, the vast majority of these are created by striking the rock surface with a stone tool like a large pebble, which was a method used to create cup and ring markings.
Many of these carvings can be seen in the open landscape, although little is known about their purpose or usage.
On mainland Scotland there is one area known for the largest concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, it’s known as Kilmartin Glen in the County Argyll in Western Scotland.
Kilmartin Glen is known for some of the clearest cup and ring markings as well, these are a from of prehistoric art mainly found in Scotland, Ireland, England and parts of Europe as well.
Among these Monuments is Dunchraigaig cairn, a late Neolithic/ early Bronze Age burial Mound, which is known the be the odd one out of the cairns surrounding it.
Dunchraigaig cairn is 30 meters wide and 2.5 meters in height, excavations in the 1800’s revealed the existence of 3 cists inside.
Hamish Fenton is an Archaeology graduate from Bournemouth University and he was visiting the area when one evening he decided to explore Dunchraigaig cairn.
He decided to inspect the burial cist on the south-east side of the cairn and slid inside with a torch.
After stepping inside the cist and shining his torch around Fenton noticed a delicate and quite unusual markings on the inside of the capstone or roof slab.
He knew that these markings didn’t appear to be natural in the rock and as he investigated it more he recognized a carving of a deer stag upside down, as he continued to look around he recognized more animals on the rock.
He said: “This was a completely amazing and unexpected find and, to me, discoveries like this are the real treasure of archaeology, helping to reshape our understanding of the past.”
The carvings are thought to be approximately 5000 years old, dating to the late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
At least 5 animals are depicted on the rock, 2 adult male red deer with full grown antlers, one with a short tail and 3 smaller animals that are believed to be younger deer, but this is suggestive and not yet accepted.
The cairn has now been closed off to the public to allow further research, surveys and preservation of the Chamber as we’ve been told by Historic Environment Scotland who owns the site.
They also told news outlets that the rock art project has carried out a structured light scan by digital documentation experts and they have already made detailed 3D scans and through various visualisation techniques they revealed more details to the digital models of the carvings to allow the faint markings to be properly seen and studied.
According to the project’s principal investigator Dr. Tertia Barnett these are the first prehistoric animal carvings found in Scotland.
And they are the first clear examples of deer carvings from the neolithic to early bronze age in the entire United Kingdom.
Their figurative style contradicted the assumption that British Rock art of this time was mainly geometric.
She said; “While there are a few prehistoric carvings of deer in the UK, the only other ones created in the early bronze age are very schematic. It is remarkable that these carvings in Dunchraigaig cairn show such great anatomical detail and there is no doubt about which animal species they represent.”
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An amateur archaeologist from Oxfordshire named Hamish Fenton stumbled upon the oldest animal rock carvings in Scotland, possibly even the oldest of their type in the entirety of the United Kingdom.
Scotland has more than 3000 prehistoric carved rocks, the vast majority of these are created by striking the rock surface with a stone tool like a large pebble, which was a method used to create cup and ring markings.
Many of these carvings can be seen in the open landscape, although little is known about their purpose or usage.
On mainland Scotland there is one area known for the largest concentration of Neolithic and Bronze Age monuments, it’s known as Kilmartin Glen in the County Argyll in Western Scotland.
Kilmartin Glen is known for some of the clearest cup and ring markings as well, these are a from of prehistoric art mainly found in Scotland, Ireland, England and parts of Europe as well.
Among these Monuments is Dunchraigaig cairn, a late Neolithic/ early Bronze Age burial Mound, which is known the be the odd one out of the cairns surrounding it.
Dunchraigaig cairn is 30 meters wide and 2.5 meters in height, excavations in the 1800’s revealed the existence of 3 cists inside.
Hamish Fenton is an Archaeology graduate from Bournemouth University and he was visiting the area when one evening he decided to explore Dunchraigaig cairn.
He decided to inspect the burial cist on the south-east side of the cairn and slid inside with a torch.
After stepping inside the cist and shining his torch around Fenton noticed a delicate and quite unusual markings on the inside of the capstone or roof slab.
He knew that these markings didn’t appear to be natural in the rock and as he investigated it more he recognized a carving of a deer stag upside down, as he continued to look around he recognized more animals on the rock.
He said: “This was a completely amazing and unexpected find and, to me, discoveries like this are the real treasure of archaeology, helping to reshape our understanding of the past.”
The carvings are thought to be approximately 5000 years old, dating to the late Neolithic or Early Bronze Age.
At least 5 animals are depicted on the rock, 2 adult male red deer with full grown antlers, one with a short tail and 3 smaller animals that are believed to be younger deer, but this is suggestive and not yet accepted.
The cairn has now been closed off to the public to allow further research, surveys and preservation of the Chamber as we’ve been told by Historic Environment Scotland who owns the site.
They also told news outlets that the rock art project has carried out a structured light scan by digital documentation experts and they have already made detailed 3D scans and through various visualisation techniques they revealed more details to the digital models of the carvings to allow the faint markings to be properly seen and studied.
According to the project’s principal investigator Dr. Tertia Barnett these are the first prehistoric animal carvings found in Scotland.
And they are the first clear examples of deer carvings from the neolithic to early bronze age in the entire United Kingdom.
Their figurative style contradicted the assumption that British Rock art of this time was mainly geometric.
She said; “While there are a few prehistoric carvings of deer in the UK, the only other ones created in the early bronze age are very schematic. It is remarkable that these carvings in Dunchraigaig cairn show such great anatomical detail and there is no doubt about which animal species they represent.”
Music: Adrian von Ziegler
Sources:
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