Dark Creek Grinding Grooves

Summary: Several Aboriginal axe grinding grooves and what may be a spear grinding groove in a tributary of Dark Creek in the Devils Wilderness.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG)
  • Number of AGGs: 3
  • Motif/s: Grid
  • Quality: 2.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2026

Along a tributary of Dark Creek in the Devils Wilderness are several axe grinding grooves in the creek bed, below a small cascade.

1X3A6767 LR Dark Creek Grinding Grooves
1X3A6769 LR Dark Creek Grinding Grooves

Two grooves are partly covered by encroaching moss.

1X3A6775 LR Dark Creek Grinding Grooves

Another single axe grinding groove has a very narrow groove next to it, which may be a spear grinding groove.

1X3A6781 LR Dark Creek Grinding Grooves

A fourth depression in the creek bed is likely natural.

1X3A6764 LR Dark Creek Grinding Grooves
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