This significant Aboriginal engraving site near Dog Trap Road was first recorded by Ian Sim in the 1960s, and then by John Lough in 1980 in a report on “Aboriginal relic sites” for the Sydney to Newcastle () freeway construction. The largest figure is a Daramulan, described by John Lough as a “koala deity figure with headdress and body decoration”.
This Daramulan figure is very similar to the America Bay Daramulan engraving at West Head. Next to this figure is a smaller deity figure, described by Sim as an “animal with headdress” and by Lough simply as a “koala”.
There may be a couple of shallow grinding grooves – these were not noted by Sim or Lough.
Both Sim and Lough documented four additional figures: two kangaroos, a curved line or an oval and another line or indeterminate figure – these could not be re-located. This site is likely to form part of an important site complex with a connection to the Dog Trap Gully Engraving Site, which also includes a Daramulan figure.
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