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Archiving Scotland’s rock art for the future
Over the past four years Scotland’s Rock Art Project (ScRAP) has generated a large volume of digital data through field recording and 3D modelling of rock art. The data, co-created by the project team and trained community teams, has greatly improved our knowledge of Neolithic rock art in Scotland. The project team have used the…
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Shining new light on an ancient mystery with Nick Parish
Community based groups and individuals spread across Scotland have been trained up to a level where they can independently record the sites in and around their local areas. Many of the volunteers also join in with fieldwork carried out by ScRAP’s Project Team on their visits to places where there are high concentrations of rock…
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Discovering Rock Art with Douglas Ledingham
In mid-May 2020 during lockdown I was out on my bike with my wife searching for new trails close to home. On stopping to check the map I noticed a large moss-covered boulder that had unusual depressions on it. I thought it may have been cup marked, not because I had any expertise, but because…
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Rock Art: Data: Materials by Lucy Killoran
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…
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Volunteering with ScRAP: from Kilmartin field school and beyond
I started working on the Scotland’s Rock Art Project when I took part in a field school run by ScRAP at Kilmartin Glen last summer. I had just graduated with a degree in archaeology and was looking around for an interesting project for my last fieldwork as a student, and the Kilmartin field school seemed…
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Picking up the Pieces – Dalreoich, Strath Rusdale
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…
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Welcome to our Blog!
Hello from ScRAP Scotland’s Rock Art Project works collaboratively with a number of community teams spread across the country. Given the large numbers of decorated panels to record and all those still to be discovered, the work of our amazing volunteers is pivotal for the project! Since they will be spending so much time in…
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About the Project
Scotland’s Rock Art Project is a five-year project working with local communities to record, research and raise awareness of prehistoric carvings in Scotland, using detailed recording methods and 3D digital modelling techniques.
Meet the Team
Scotland’s Rock Art Project was developed by a small team of specialists with many years of experience in this field. Find out more about our specialists, their work, and their expertise.
Community Teams
Public engagement lay at the heart of Scotland’s Rock Art Project, and our research was informed by the work of our dedicated Community Teams. You can find out more about our Teams on this page!
About our Database
Our database contains records for all known prehistoric rock art in Scotland. If you are a member of the public, student, heritage professional, researcher, or enjoy roaming the countryside in search of rock art, this is a good place to find out more.
Blog
Our Blog is the voice of our Community Teams. This is where you can find out more about their involvement with the project, their work, and their discoveries, in their own words.