West Head Gate AGGs

Summary: Two axe grinding grooves on a small rock platform above West Head Road

  • Art type/s: Axe Grinding Groove (AGG)
  • Quality: 3/5
  • Condition of art: Good
  • Year first recorded: 2017
  • Originally Recorded by: Steven Chapple

A small pothole on a rock shelter above West Head Road, which has two axe grinding grooves.

AWAT3420 LR West Head Gate AGGs

Some Aboriginal engravings are said to be on the rock platform, but couldn’t be located.

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