Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3319AC190
Site Name
Lochlynne 87
Site Category
Artefacts
Deposit
Rock Art
Record Administration
Author
nic.wiltshire
Post date
Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 00:00
Last modified
Thursday, March 27, 2025 - 17:20
Archaeology Recordings
Submitted by nic.wiltshire on Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 00:00.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
LOCH087
Recording date
Recorders
Cameron Deane
Recording Media
Digital Photos
GPS
Primary?
Yes
Physical Aspects

Fallen Rock Shelter

Physical Site Type
Overhang
Orientation/Direction Facing
S
W
Location Type
Open/Flat
Height (AGL)
Low
AccessDifficulty
Easy
Dimensions
Width
15.00m
Depth
4.50m
Height
1.50m
Classifications
Archaeological Time Periods
LSA
Deposit Info
Ash
Dung
Rocky
Sandy
Deposit Depth
50cm-1m
Stone Artefacts - Rock Types
Chert
Ochre
Quartz Crystal
Silcrete
Stone Artefact Notes
Few
Organic Artefacts/Contents
Bone
Charcoal
Ostrich Eggshell
Cultural Material Comments/Notes
Tortoise carapace
Rock Art Recordings
Submitted by nic.wiltshire on Saturday, March 22, 2025 - 00:00.
Identifiers
Inventory Reference
LOCH087
Recording date
Recorders
Cameron Deane
Primary?
Yes
Classifications
Rock Art Damage Types
Birds Nests
Dassie excrement
Dust
Flaking/Rock Exfoliation
Motif Listing
Displaying 1 - 24 of 24
Panel Images # Tradition Technique Motif Colours Equipment Facing SP? Notes
2 Fine Line Monochrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red ✖ 2 short vertical lines
1 Finger Painted Monochrome Finger Dots Groups/Clusters Yellow ✖ About 10 finger dots to right of animal
2 Fine Line Monochrome Indeterminate Animal Yellow Right (R) ✔ Possibly conflations of large animals, seemingly Eland torso, four legs and trunk(?)
1 Fine Line Bichrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red, Yellow ✖ Rectangular, yellow block with red on either side
1 Fine Line Monochrome Paint Patch Yellow ✖
1 Finger Painted Monochrome Marks/Smears Red ✖
1 Fine Line Monochrome Short Lines Red ✖ About 7 short painted lines, above finger smears
1 Finger Painted Monochrome Finger Dots Groups/Clusters Red ✖ About 140 finger dots
2 Fine Line Monochrome Possible Male Red Quiver Right (R) ✔ Superpositioned with Elan, left tall clear figure, right faded legs
1 Fine Line Monochrome Eland Red Left (L) ✔ No legs or head, clear tail, superpositioned with human figure
1 Fine Line Monochrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red ✖ Very faded, possible small animal
1 Fine Line Monochrome Indeterminate Human Red Indeterminate (I) ✖ Very faded
2 Fine Line Monochrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red ✖
1 Fine Line Monochrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red ✖ To right of figures
2 Fine Line Monochrome Possible Male Red Bag Left (L) ✖ Left figure has reverse articulation and a bag, possible like between them
3 Fine Line Monochrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red ✖
1 Fine Line Monochrome Paint Patch Red ✖ Below and right of karossed figure
1 Fine Line Monochrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red ✖ Around human figure
1 Fine Line Monochrome Indeterminate Human, Possible Male Red Karosses Left (L) ✖
1 Fine Line Monochrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red ✖ On slab of rock, below left of swallow nest
1 Fine Line Monochrome Remnants/Faded Indeterminate Red ✖
1 Fine Line Monochrome Indeterminate Human Red Bag Right (R) ✖ Really faded
15 Crayon Monochrome Long Lines Red ✖ Right from remnant figure legs, far at back of shelter, left of nook
1 Fine Line Monochrome Indeterminate Human Red Indeterminate (I) ✖ Just remnant legs, at back of shelter, low to deposit
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.078559, 19.463198
Western Cape
  • Cape Winelands
  • Breede Valley
Site Address

South Africa

Directions to Site
West of northern side of pine tree cluster alongside jeep track.
Southern of edge of flat rock outcrop
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