animals

Eggerness 2

Image by rockartwolf

Rhiannon May 25, 2008 11:51:41

Hello Rockartwolf - I didn't know we had any animally representations in this country, bar the one(s?) at Creswell crags?, so that's really interesting to see your photos of Eggerness (I suppose there are good reasons why they're considered to be so old?). It's weird really that animals weren't in fashion for rock art.. maybe they were drawn or painted on other things that have rotted away, but weren't considered suitable subjects for rock carvings for some esoteric reason? dunno. Do you have any ideas?
Anyway it's nice that they're safe and you've made a record of them, v. interesting.

rockartwolf May 25, 2008 12:03:12

Replying to Rhiannon

Hi Rhiannon,
as you say animal carvings of this quality are not what you would classify as the norm, as you say perhaps not quite as old as the cup and ring carvings we are used to seeing. The important thing to remember is that the animal carvings are on panels that also include the cup and ring carvings, thats the appealing idea of the relationship between the cup and ring carvings and the animal carvings, the age gap, the meaning of the place to both sets of carvers, but also to why this single area alone, no where else along the whole galloway coast line. Lots of questions, not enough answers.

I hope i am correct in saying that these carvings belong on this site, for any site to include rock art from Galloway, must contain these carvings, they hold some answers to the time after the cup and ring style of carving.