Summary: A single mundoe (footprint) on a rock ledge in Kariong; it may form part of a series of mundoes
Site type: Rock engraving
Number of motifs: 1
Motif/s: Foot
Quality: 1/5
Condition of site: Good
Year first recorded: 1976
Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
Sim Reference: Sim Collection, Site 3/8 (Kariong)
Ian Sim, Archaelogical Sites in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“Sim Collection”), Site 3/8 (Kariong), p.19
Opposite Bulls Hill in Kariong is a single mundoe on a narrow rock ledge surrounded by dense scrub. It may be one of series of mundoes recorded by Sim in this area.
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