Rock Art in Scotland

A Galloway Glens / CYDI live talk on Rock Art in Scotland featuring some local finds from Kirkcudbright in SW Scotland. Recorded in 2020.

[@FacesintheStone]

Those darn glaciers, they create the most amazing art… 😂

[@lcapplewood]

If i was living in that day and time that they were created I would want my family history and location of our dwellings so that I could teach my kids and relatives, I think that would be important to me at that time. So interesting! Thank you!

[@gallowayglenslandscapepart1740]

So glad you found it interesting! :)

[@lcapplewood]

@@gallowayglenslandscapepart1740 well it really is interesting! The people back then weren't so different from us, but it is a mystery to us. And thanks again for showing this writing to us. So beautiful.

[@slowgomera5611]

interesting,thanks.plenty of rock art on the canary islands.some geometric seem to have been board games, astrological tool and mathes calculators together.different styles on different islands.using milk in the "cazoletas" seemed to be a thing..juegos de inteligencia de los guanches was name of a book.saludos

[@gallowayglenslandscapepart1740]

For more information on Scotland's Rock Art Project visit www.rockart.scot Follow their updates on Facebook - facebook.com/ScotlandsRockArt and on Twitter - @scottishrockart And explore their 3D models on Sketchfab sketchfab.com/ScottishRockArt and sketchfab.com/ScRAPKilmartinFieldSchool/ Other contacts: [e-mail] and [e-mail] If anyone would like to volunteer for the teams then they should contact Tertia or Joana For photographs and information on how to find some examples of rock art including High Banks then have a look at themodernantiquarian.com If you enjoyed looking at the 3D models on Sketchfab, Can You Dig It also has its own page - sketchfab.com/GGLPArchaeology For a great example of rock art elsewhere check out this video of the uncovering of the Cochno Stone in West Dunbartonshire - kzbin.info/www/bejne/qWKvoop-Za6kf9U For rock art in Wales you can check out the Welsh Rock Art Organisation - facebook.com/rockartwales/ For rock art in England - archaeologydataservice.ac.uk/era/ To find out more about the Galloway Glens Landscape Partnership: gallowayglens.org/ Facebook, Twitter and Instagram: @gallowayglens Can You Dig It: Facebook and Twitter: @gglparchaeology

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

Representative of the energies of the land.

[@billirvine9078]

Or the sky.

[@Lanarkish]

A smashing and informative guide! Thank you. The animal & bird motifs at Stronach Wood and Eggerness are certainly figurative and seem to be from the same period as the geometric designs on the panels which they co-exist. There is an amazing spider at Barharrow with a cup mark which is an integral part of its design. Figurative Rock Art is very rare in Scotland but it does exist.

[@gallowayglenslandscapepart1740]

Glad you enjoyed it! That's some really interesting thoughts too, thank you!

[@greencupmn7604]

Hi, some ofvtge extensive rock art looks to me like a map and the various designs indicating a type of dwelling, stone circle, tomb or standing stone. has anyone ever superimposed a map of the local area onto of rock art in the location where it is found?

[@ruckusflow]

Great insight, thanks!

[@gallowayglenslandscapepart1740]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@seangrexa4707]

As far as album cover rock art, the Stones Exile and Sticky Fingers are totally iconic and memorable whilst Floyd's Dark Side and Wish You Were Here make it too close to call! 🤘😘

[@bluemoon-iq5fh]

India is covered in stone art of the exact same circles as you see in Europe.

[@thekarmafarmer608]

Hi there. Thank you for posting this interesting video. I lived near Kilmartin Glen for 15 years, and am very interested in cup and ring rock art. I am coming to the end of my BA (HONS) Arts and Humanities, in which I specialise in Art History. I would like to go on to study for an MA in rock art studies. The few that have answered my emails only do modules as part of an archaeological program. I can`t believe, with our advances in aesthetics and hermeneutics that I cannot study this somewhere as part of an art stream. Do you know of anywhere that offers an MA or even a module of rock art study as an art history subject at MA level? Thank you for any help and direction

[@gallowayglenslandscapepart1740]

Hi, thanks for your comment! I've put your question to our experts, and have some pointers for you. If you email [e-mail], I'll send them over to you directly. Thanks, Helen

[@destinytodestination]

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[@christophersallee376]

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