Flat Top Grinding Grooves

Summary: Four Aboriginal grinding groove sites along a series of long rock ledges near Flat Rock on the Hay Ridge

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG)
  • Number of sites: 4
  • Number of motifs: 11
  • Quality: 4/5
  • Year first recorded: 1988

A long rock ledge below Flat Top along the Hay Ridge contains over ten Aboriginal grinding grooves; water seeping from a hanging swamp above the ledge means many of the grooves contain water even when it hasn’t rained recently.

The first rock platform has at least five grooves.

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The second, large platform has a single, deep groove.

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A third platform also has one deep groove.

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The fourth site is a very narrow ledge and has four grooves.

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