Rock carving found after recent storm
A rock carving dating back to the http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3117 has been uncovered by forestry workers clearing trees which fell during the recent storms.
The rock art had been hidden by a huge tree in Forestry Commission Scotland’s Achnabreac Forest, in West http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=3452, until it was blown down around three weeks ago.
The carving – believed to be around 5000 years old – is of a dice-like pattern.
It sits above the mouth of Kilmartin Glen and directly overlooks the rock art at Cairnbaan. Its proximity to these other rock art sites, its visual relationship with both sites and the similar http://www.wvwnews.net/story.php?id=2018 of design suggests that all three sites may be connected, say the commission.
It believes the new site may hold the key to unravelling the mystery which surrounds the rock art in Argyll.Andy Buntin, of the Forestry Commission, said: “We discovered the new rock art during a routine inspection.”
Image: A Bronze Age carving from a Swedish site