Mount White Grinding Grooves

Summary: An indeterminate figure and at least 13 grinding grooves on a platform along a long ridge near Mount White.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of motifs: 1
  • Number of AGGs: 13
  • Motif/s: Indeterminate figure
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1985
  • Originally Recorded by: Warren Bluff, C. Douchkov

Along a ridge in Mount White is a small pothole surrounded by at least ten axe grinding grooves.

IMG 5721 LR Mount White Grinding Grooves
IMG 5727 LR Mount White Grinding Grooves
IMG 5713 LR Mount White Grinding Grooves

A few more grinding grooves are located a short distance away from the pothole.

IMG 5709 LR Mount White Grinding Grooves

Near a shallow pothole is an indeterminate engraving; it may be part of a larger, weathered figure.

IMG 5705 LR Mount White Grinding Grooves

Two more figures may be natural, or very weathered engravings.

IMG 5729 LR Mount White Grinding Grooves
IMG 5733 LR Mount White Grinding Grooves

The large rock platform is being gradually encroached by moss and shrubs.

IMG 5522 LR Mount White Grinding Grooves
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