Hanlons Road Stencil Shelter

Summary: Three Aboriginal sites near Bilpin: a shelter with hand stencils, an occupation shelter and a single spear-grinding groove.

  • Site type: Stencil - Hand
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Hand
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2022

In a shallow recess of a low cliff in the Bilpin area is a panel of Aboriginal rock art, with multiple hand stencils.

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There are at least five red ochre hand stencils, although some are hard to see.

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Nearby is another cave which is likely to have been an occupation shelter.

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There is no rock art in this site, but a large boulder within the cave has what appears to be man-made grooves.

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Above both these sites is a deep spear-grinding groove.

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