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.

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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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