Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes

Summary: Four mundoes engraved on a long sandstone ledge on a Canoelands ridge. (Nearby are several grinding grooves.)

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of sites: 2
  • Number of motifs: 4
  • Number of AGGs: 4
  • Motif/s: Foot
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2016

Multiple mundoes (Aboriginal engravings of footsteps) are on this long rock ledge near the top of a ridge in Canoelands.

IMG 4922 LR Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes

There are four mundoes, all a similar size. Three of them are in an east/west line, and the fourth points roughly north.

IMG 4931 LR Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes
IMG 4940 LR Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes
IMG 4945 LR Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes
IMG 4951 LR Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes

It’s possible that clusters of stones are the remnants of an Aboriginal Stone Arrangement.

IMG 4936 LR Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes

About 80m west are several grinding grooves in the bed of a small creek.

IMG 4955 LR Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes
IMG 4960 LR Canoelands Ridgetop Mundoes
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