Kilmartin Glen: Baluachraig Rock Art
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See where our ancestors carved mysterious symbols into rock faces, perhaps as much as 5,000 years ago.
The Baluachraig Rock Art is among a range of prehistoric carvings and monuments in Kilmartin Glen. Although their meaning remains a mystery, these simple works of art are easy to admire.
The designs at Baluachraig are primarily hollows, or cups, some of them surrounded by one or more rings. We can tell that no metal tools were used in the crafting of these markings. The designs have been pecked out of the stone by our ancestors.
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