Dog Trap Road Grinding Grooves

Summary: A long rock ledge near Dog Trap Road, which has 30 grinding grooves and eight mundoes.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 8
  • Number of AGGs: 30
  • Motif/s: Mundoe (foot)
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1980
  • J.C. Lough, Freeway No. 3 (Mt White to Ourimbah) Archaeological Survey, January 1980. Site K-050.

Near Dog Trap Road, this rock platform has multiple axe grinding grooves; eight mundoes were also identified by an archaeological survey.

IMG 0432 LR Dog Trap Road Grinding Grooves

Thirty grinding grooves were documented here in five clusters.

IMG 0430 LR Dog Trap Road Grinding Grooves

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