Linden Ridge Shelter with Charcoal Art

Summary: A remote rocjk shelter along the Linden Ridge in the Blue Mountains, which has a panel of Aboriginal charcoal rock art.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Cave Painting
  • Number of sites: 2
  • Number of motifs: 6
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Good
  • Year first recorded: 1998
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff

Locaed below Linden Ridge, this shelter contains a single panel with Aboriginal rock art.

1X3A6779 LR Linden Ridge Shelter with Charcoal Art

The charcoal figures are still in fairly good condition, but it’s not clear what they represent.

1X3A6777 LR Linden Ridge Shelter with Charcoal Art
1X3A6772 LR Linden Ridge Shelter with Charcoal Art
1X3A6774 LR Linden Ridge Shelter with Charcoal Art
1X3A6776 LR Linden Ridge Shelter with Charcoal Art

About a hundred metres to the west, a rock platform has two well-defined grinding grooves.

1X3A6781 LR Linden Ridge Shelter with Charcoal Art
1X3A6783 LR Linden Ridge Shelter with Charcoal Art
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