Rock art database: ScRAP
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Scotland’s Rock Art Project was active between 2017 and 2021. Trained volunteers searched large areas of Scotland for ‘rock art’ simple carvings on rock outcrops that are thought to date from the Late Neolithic to the Early Bronze Age. Their function remains a mystery.
A team from the North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS) have visited Tiree several times. To date, 26 ‘panels’–groups of carvings on an outcrop–have been found on Tiree in two linear groups at the west end of the island: a northern and southern group. This is a remarkable number. All the rock art are simple cup marks, apparently randomly created on the rock. Most of them are on prominent raised outcrops, although some are ‘flat’ on the ground. No rock art has been found to date on Coll or Gunna.
The ScRAP database can be found at:
https://www.rockart.scot > Search Database
Either Map or Simple Search > Argyll and Bute > Tiree
The easiest examples to see on Tiree are the Ringing Stone, or the small panel north of Tùr MhicChaluim in Kilkenneth.
A team from the North of Scotland Archaeological Society (NOSAS) have visited Tiree several times. To date, 26 ‘panels’–groups of carvings on an outcrop–have been found on Tiree in two linear groups at the west end of the island: a northern and southern group. This is a remarkable number. All the rock art are simple cup marks, apparently randomly created on the rock. Most of them are on prominent raised outcrops, although some are ‘flat’ on the ground. No rock art has been found to date on Coll or Gunna.
The ScRAP database can be found at:
https://www.rockart.scot > Search Database
Either Map or Simple Search > Argyll and Bute > Tiree
The easiest examples to see on Tiree are the Ringing Stone, or the small panel north of Tùr MhicChaluim in Kilkenneth.
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