Thesaurus Term/Concept: ROCK CARVING

Identifier 70180
Class MONUMENT TYPE
Status Preferred
Index? Yes
Scope Note A decorative design or illustration, often an anthropomorphic or geometrical image, carved into a stone surface, such as a cave wall or free-standing stone. Usually, though not always, of Prehistoric date.

Broader Terms/Concepts (1)

Related Terms/Concepts (2)

Narrower Terms/Concepts (2)

Instances/Examples (6)

Context Record
Monument Type MHG53375 Carved initials - Five Pennies, Eigg (Monument)
Monument Type MHG63198 Cup and ring marked slab - Round cairn 1, Balblair Wood (current location, Inverness Museum) (Monument)
Monument Type MHG63197 Cup and ring marked slab - Round cairn 1, Balblair Wood (original location) (Monument)
Monument Type MHG36249 Loch Coruisk (Monument)
Monument Type MHG56870 Possible rock carving - Smirisary, Glen Uig (Monument)
Monument Type MHG63196 Rock carving - Uamh an Oir (Monument)