Creswell Crags on the Derbyshire/Nottinghamshire border contains Britain's only known Palaeolithic cave art, dated to approximately 12,000 years ago during the Upper Palaeolithic. Some motifs depict bird-like forms. The site represents Britain's oldest known rock art and provides rare evidence of Ice Age human artistic expression in Britain. 🎨
Paleolithic cave art at Creswell Crags shows Cygnus symbolism
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Key facts
- Creswell Crags on the England/Nottinghamshire border contains Britain's clearest rock art
- Art dates to approximately 10,800 BC
- Cave art shows swan-bird hybrids in the darkest part of the cave
- The art is oriented due north
- At 10,800 BC, Cygnus stars would have aligned perfectly crossing the meridian
- Dr. Michael Ruppen links Lascaux cave paintings (15,000 BC) to Cygnus
- Deep cave art locations were chosen for supernatural associations
- Caves represent the underworld connected to the cosmic axis
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andrewcollins.com
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megalithomania.co.uk
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