Rock art recording uses several different techniques to gather information about the carvings, the rocks that they are carved on, and their setting within the landscape.
During the Scotland’s Rock Art Project (ScRAP) we trained and working with twelve Community Teams to create detailed records of rock art from across Scotland. Our recording method included a number of steps, and we used the same approach throughout the project. The records are publicly accessible on this website, on the National Record of the Historic Environment of Scotland (Canmore) and on regional Historic Environment Records. We hope these records will be useful to interested members of the public, heritage professionals, students, and researchers investigating prehistoric rock art in detail. If you are not familiar with rock art, our Terminology section may be useful.
We hope that others will use our recording method to continue building a consistent database for Scotland’s Rock Art. You can find a summary of how to do this in our guidance one Rock Art Recording and Sharing Data with Canmore.
If you want to record rock art for your own interest or as part of a project, you might also find the information in the following sections of this website useful:
For more detailed guidance, in this section you will find information on how to: