Scotland's Rock Art Blog
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This website is dedicated to Scotland's Rock Art Project. The main objective of the project is the construction and maintenance of an extensive database containing a standardized record of rock art in Scotland, including written and visual information, which is publicly accessible on this website and aims to facilitate the development of further research projects.
Scotland's Rock Art Blog
1y ago
Since they were carved in the Neolithic or Bronze age, many panels have been lost, moved, damaged in various ways, or even destroyed. Recent damage is especially sad, but in some cases we may be able to find out more about the recent history of the panel and improve the record we make. Aware of both moved and damaged panels at Dalreoich in Strath Rusdale, a did some research and then made a visit to find out what could be recorded. Dalreoich is about 10km NW from the Cromarty Firth at Alness ..read more
Scotland's Rock Art Blog
1y ago
A welcome note from ScRAP team to our first blog entry! Watch this space to keep up to date with the work of our community teams in their own words! ..read more
Scotland's Rock Art Blog
1y ago
Sarah Scott has been volunteering with the ScRAP team for over 6 months, since partaking in the 2018 summer field school in Kilmartin Glen. Here, Sarah reflects on her time in Kilmartin, and provides an overview of everything else she has been up to since getting involved. ..read more
Scotland's Rock Art Blog
1y ago
Lucy Killoran is a designer and researcher living in Glasgow. She has a BA from London College of Communication and an MFA from Edinburgh College of Art. Lucy’s MFA project used a period of archaeological fieldwork as subject matter to explore the transfer and re-materialisation of data through fabrication technologies. Her dissertation examined points of material crossover within the fields of art and archaeology ..read more
Scotland's Rock Art Blog
1y ago
Douglas Ledingham has a deep interest in archaeology, photography and the landscape. Following his exciting discovery of a well-preserved rock art panel in May 2020, he joined the ScRAP Edinburgh, Lothians and Fife (ELF) Team. He has subsequently visited and recorded numerous rock art sites, and made another fantastic discovery ..read more
Scotland's Rock Art Blog
1y ago
Frederick Alexander joined the Scotland's Rock Art Project team as a digital archivist in 2021. His goal is to archive the project data in the Historic Environment Scotland digital repository. In this blog post Frederick outlines his approach, the importance of archiving project data, and how the archive can be accessed in the future ..read more