Linden Ridge Pothole and Grinding Grooves

Summary: A very small rock platform above the Linden Ridge Firetrail in the Blue Mountains, which has three distinct axe grinding grooves.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG)
  • Quality: 2/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1993
  • Originally Recorded by: Ian Sim
  • Sim Reference: Sim Collection, Site 10 (Blue Mountains)
  • Ian Sim, Archaelogical SItes in the Sydney Region – A Record of Field Surveys 1958-1973 (“SIm Collection”), Site 10 (Blue Mountains), p.66

Near the start of the Linden Ridge Firetrail is a small pothole, which has three Aboriginal axe grinding grooves.

1X3A0381 LR Linden Ridge Pothole and Grinding Grooves

While there are numerous grinding groove sites along Linden Ridge, this has some of the deepest and ost distinct grooves.

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1X3A0380 LR Linden Ridge Pothole and Grinding Grooves

There are eight grinding grooves sites along Linden Ridge recorded by Ian Sim, and some additional sites recorded later.

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