The Pinnacles Aboriginal Grinding Grooves and Engravings

Summary: A series of Aboriginal grinding grooves sites and an engraving site along The Pinnacle on the Mount Hay Range.

  • Site type: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG), Rock engraving
  • Number of sites: 3
  • Number of motifs: 5
  • Motif/s: Bear track
  • Quality: 3.5/5
  • Condition of site: Weathered
  • Year first recorded: 1989

The Pinnacles, which has also been called Three Peaks in 1942 and Three Nob Hill in 1955, is a rocky outcrop on the Mount Hay Range. Along the narrow and rocky ridge are multiple Aboriginal grinding groove sites and an engraving site.

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The largest of the grinding groove sites has 42 grinding grooves around multiple, shallow pools.

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Further along the ridge is an isolated site with two shallow grooves.

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Towards the end of The Pinnacles is a very weathered Aboriginal engraving site, which has what appears to be three pairs of tracks across a shallow depression in the rock platform.

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Next to these tracks is another engraving, possible a bird track.

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There are sweeping views from the ridge out to Lockleys Pylon and Butterbox Point.

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