Summary: Aboriginal rock art site with very weathered charcoal figures below Crosslands Road.

At the base of low cliffs beneath Crosslands Road is a tall shelter; its ceiling is blackened with smoke and there is evidence of considerable visitation.

Within the shelter are remnants of Aboriginal rock art, described by Rosemary Taplin as “weathered black drawings beneath the road”. (Rock engravings documented above this site could not be re-located due to siltation and rubbish now covering the rock platforms.)

One of the motifs appears to be a human figure.s

Not visible without image enhancement is a figure in red ochre, which resembles a shield.

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