Carving depicting Animals, Kilmartin Glen

Also known as: Kilmartin Glen, キルマーティン・グレン

In Kilmartin Glen, one of Scotland's richest concentrations of Neolithic and Bronze Age remains, archaeologist Hamish Fenton discovered prehistoric animal carvings inside Dunchraigaig Cairn. Estimated to be 4,000-5,000 years old, the carvings depict two male red deer with fully-grown antlers showing anatomical details such as short tails, plus three additional quadrupeds believed to be juvenile deer. These are the earliest known animal carvings in Scotland and the first clear deer depictions from the Neolithic to Early Bronze Age in the entire UK, challenging the assumption that prehistoric British rock art was mainly geometric and non-figurative.

TypeRock relief/carving
Period3000 - 1500 BC
CountryScotland
Coordinates56.1146° N, 5.4872° W

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