scotland's rock art project
WELCOME Welcome to the website for the Scotland’s Rock Art Project! Around 5000
years ago, people in Scotland carved mysterious symbols on rock surfaces across
the landscape. We call these prehistoric carvings ‘rock art’ and, if we look
carefully, we can still see traces of them today. Thousands of prehistoric
carvings are known in Scotland, and there may be many more waiting to be
discovered. They were clearly important to the people that created them, but we
know little about how were they used, or what purpose they served. Between 2017
and 2021, Scotland’s Rock Art Project trained and worked with communities across
the country to learn more about these enigmatic carvings. On this website you
can find out more about our approach and results. You can search our database
for prehistoric carvings in Scotland, and discover more about rock art here and
elsewhere in the world.
