Flat Rocks Ridge Shield engraving (Group 19)

Summary: Aboriginal engraving of a shield on Flat Rocks Ridge in Gunderman.

  • Site type: Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Motif/s: Shield
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1961
  • J.C. Lough, Flat Rocks Ridge Engravings (1961)

Along Flat Rocks Ridge on an isolated rock platform is an Aboriginal engraving of a shield.

1X3A9739 LR Flat Rocks Ridge Shield engraving (Group 19)

The shield has a single longitudinal line and two tranverse lines; J.C. Lough described this as Group 19 in his extensive recordings of the Flat Rocks Ridge area in 1961.

1X3A9738 LR Flat Rocks Ridge Shield engraving (Group 19)
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