Haycock Trig Stone Arrangements

Summary: Multiple potential Aboriginal stone arrangements along the Haycoock Trig ridge in Dharug National Park.

  • Site type: Stone arrangement
  • Number of sites: 3
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1992
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

The Haycock Trig is located on a long ridge in Dharug National Park; along this unnamed and untracked ridge are a number of stone arrangements which don’t appear natural. They are, however, not verified indigenous sites.

Some of the stone arrangements are in the form of large stones that appear deliberately placed on rock platforms.

1X3A2956 LR Haycock Trig Stone Arrangements

More frequently seen are “pointer stones”, which may have been used as navigational signposts. This one is south of Haycock Trig and “points” 295 degrees (north-west).

1X3A2962 LR 1 Haycock Trig Stone Arrangements
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Another less-obvious example is on the ridge to the north of the trig station.

1X3A3046 LR Haycock Trig Stone Arrangements
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